Portuguese pronunciation in Brazil

Vowels and Diphthongs

a, á. à	ã, â	e	é	ê	i	o	ó
[a]	[ã]	[e,ε, i, j]	[ε]	[e]	[i, j, jj]	[o, כ, u, w]	[כ]
ô	õ	u	ãe	ai	ãi	ao, au	ão
[o]	[õ]	[u,w]	[ãj]	[aj]	[ãj]	[aw]	[ãw]
ei	éi	eu	éu	oa	oi	ói	ou
[ej/e]	[εj]	[ew]	[εw]	[owa]	[oj]	[כj]	[o,ow]
õe	ui	-am	-em	-en(s)	-ém	-éns	-êm
[õj]	[uj/ũj]	[ãw]	[ẽj]	[ẽj(s)]	[ẽj]	[ẽjs]	[ẽj]
-im	-ins	-om	-on(s)	-um	-uns
[ĩj]	[ĩjs]	[õw]	[õw(s)]	[ũw]	[ũws]

Consonants

b	c	ç	ch	d	f	g
[b]	[k, s]	[s]	[∫]	[d, ]	[f]	[g, ]
gü	h	j	k	l	lh	m
[gw]	ø	[]	[k]	[l, w]	[λ]	[m]
n	nh	p	qu	qü	r, rr	s
[n]	[jj, ŋ]	[p]	[k, kw]	[kw]	[r, rr]	[s, z, ∫, ]
ss	t	v	w	x	y	z
[s]	[t, t∫]	[v]	[v, w]	[∫, s, z, ks]	[j,i]	[z,s, ∫, ]

• e = [ e ] when unstressed and non-final, [ e ] or [

] when stressed, [ i ] when final

• o = [ o ] when unstressed and non-final, [

] or [ o ] when stressed, [ u ] when final

• c = [ s ] before i or e, [ k ] elsewhere

• d = [

] before i or a final unstressed e, [ d ] elsewhere

• g = [

] before i or e, [ g ] elsewhere

• gu = [ g ] before i or e, [ gw ] elsewhere

• m is nasalized when at the end of a syllable and preceded by a vowel.

• n is nasalized when at the end of a syllable, preceded by a vowel and followed by a consonant.

• l = [ w ] after vowels, [ l ] elsewhere

• qu = [ k ] before I or e, [ kw ] before a, o or u

• r = [ r ] after consonants (except n) and before a vowel or at the end of a word if the next word begins with a vowel, [ x ] elsewhere. When at the end of a word and followed by a word beginning with a vowel = [ r ], otherwise = [ x ]. In São Paulo, r sometimes = [

].

• s = [ s ] at the beginning of words, [ z ] between vowels. In Rio de Janeiro, s = [

] before d, g, l, m, n, r and v, [

] before c, f, p, qu and t.

• t = [

] before i or a final unstressed e, [ t ] elsewhere

• x = [

] at the beginning of a word and before a consonant (except c), pronounced [ s ] before ce or ci, ex + vowel = [ z ], elsewhere x = [

], [ ks ] or [ s ].

• z = [

] at the ends of words and [ z ] elsewhere