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Vowels and Diphthongs Vowels and Diphthongs As in Brazil, except:  • a = [] when unstressed or at the ends of words, [á] or [] elsewhere.  • c = [s] before i or e, [k] elsewhere  • e = [] when unstressed or at the ends of words, [é] or [] elsewhere. Often barely pronounced at the ends of words.  • b = [ β ] between vowels, [ b ] elsewhere  • d = [ ð ] between vowels, [ d ] elsewhere  • g = [ ] between vowels, [ g ] elsewhere  • gu = [gw] before i or e, [g] elsewhere  • r = [ ] or [rr] when at the beginning of words, [r] elsewhere  • s = [s] at the beginning of words, [z] between vowels and at the end of a word when preceded by a vowel and followed by a word beginning with a vowel, e.g. os Estados Unidos [uz etaduz unidu], [] after a vowel and before and consonant and at the end of syllables.  • z = [] at the end of words, [z] elsewhere