Portuguese pronunciation in Portugal

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 e

taduz unidu

], [

] after a vowel and before and consonant and at the end of syllables.

• z = [

] at the end of words, [z] elsewhere