Portuguese features nasal vowels—sounds produced with airflow through both the mouth and nose, giving them a distinct resonance.
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Nasal Sounds in Portuguese
Nasal sounds are one of the most distinctive and challenging aspects of learning Portuguese. These unique sounds are a hallmark of the language’s phonetic…
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Portuguese Nasal Consonants
Nasal consonants play a key role in Portuguese pronunciation, and their spelling often reflects the nasal airflow behind the sound.
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Portuguese Nasal Diphthongs
When two vowel sounds blend within a syllable and nasal airflow is involved, we get nasal diphthongs—a distinctive feature of Portuguese pronunciation.
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European Portuguese Pronunciation
I often hear people say that Portuguese sounds quite different from other Romance languages—and they’re absolutely right! But what exactly makes European Portuguese pronunciation…
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Pronunciationvowels
/e/ ou /ɛ/?
Which sound do you hear in each word, /e/ or /ɛ/?
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Pronunciationvowels
Caf/ɛ/
Mark the words with the /ɛ/ sound.
