_letter s – Portuguesepedia

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Sons do S

Pick the word according to its s-sound.

As you get used to native Portuguese speech, you’ll notice that 's' doesn’t always sound the same—especially when it’s surrounded by vowels.

Portuguese has multiple spellings to represent the /s/ sound, from s at the beginning of words to ç, ss, and even x in exceptional cases.

Let’s learn how to pronounce the letter S in Portuguese, or I should say European Portuguese, to be more precise. As you may know, one letter can…