A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z
The Portuguese alphabet consists of 23 letters (18 consonants and 5 vowels).
The letters K, W and Y do not belong to the Portuguese alphabet, but they can be used in names (Wagner/Wilson/Yara/Amaury) or with international terms (kg/km/watt, etc.).
Remark: It is important to know how to pronounce the alphabet as sometimes you have to spell your name or ask people to spell something for you.
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2. Pronunciation Guide
The comparison with English words should help you pronounce the words correctly in Portuguese. Please note that not every sound can be reproduced in written form.
LETTER PORTUGUESE MEANING SOUND
ENGLISH
A alunostudent
sounds like [a]father
alemã German nasal sound--
B bala candy sounds like [b] bay C casa house ca/co/cu sounds like [k] key cedo early ce/ci sounds like [s] city Ç moça young woman ça/ço/çu sounds like [s] city CH cheque check sounds like [sh]she
D data date sounds like [d] day E letra, você letter, you sounds like [e] them leite milk sounds like [ee] at the end, if unstressed cheese festa, caféparty, coffee
sounds like [e] bed F faca knifesounds like [f]
for G gato cat ga/go/gu sounds like [g] get gelo ice ge/gi sounds like [g] beige GU água water gua/guo sounds like [gw] Nicaragua português Portuguese gue/gui sounds like [g] get lingüiça sausage güe/güi sounds like [gw] Nicaragua H hotel hotel h is always silent, except for borrowed words such as hall, hobby, etc. -- I camisa shirtsounds like [ea]
meat Jjornal
newspaper sounds like [g] beige L laranja orange la/le/li/lo/lu sounds like [l]like
Brasil Brazil al/el/il/ol/ul sounds like [w] few LH trabalho work sounds like [ll] million M mapa map sounds like [m] more bom good sounds between m and n, similar to the French word bon -- N nadanothing
sounds like [n] no conta bill sounds like [n] contract NH amanhã tomorrowsounds like [ng], similar to the French words Avignon and champagne
-- O bonito, avô pretty, grandfather sounds like [o] know livro book sounds like [w or o] at the end, if unstressed boo/know moda, avó fashion, grandmother sounds like [aw] law P pato duck sounds like [p] pie Q quase almost qua/quo sounds like [kw] quick aqui here que/qui sounds like [k] key cinqüenta fifty qüe/qüi sounds like [kw] quick R recibo receipt similar to [h] sound holiday honra honor similar to [h] sound, if preceded by n holiday carta letter sounds like [r], similar to the English or French r morning or jour caro expensive similar to [r] sound Mary RR carro car similar to [h] sound holiday S sopa soup at the beginning sounds like [s] sea cansado tired if preceded by l/n/r sounds like [s] sea inglês English after vowels sounds like [s] must casa house between vowels sounds like [z] zero SC piscina swimming poolsce/sci sounds like [s]
sea SÇ desça go down sça/sço sounds like [s] sea SS assado roasted sounds like [s] sea T tomate tomato sounds like [t] top U uva grape sounds like [w] boo V você you sounds like [v] verb X México Mexico sounds like [sh] she caixa box/cashier after ai/ei sounds like [sh] she táxi taxi sounds like [ks] taxi próximo next sounds like [s] city excelente excellent exce/exci sounds like [s] city texto text excl/exp/ext sounds like [s] must exame exam exa/exe/exi/exo/exu sounds like [z] zero Z zero zero before a vowel sounds like [z] zero feliz happy after a vowel sounds like [s] mustRemark: The letter x has several different pronunciations.
From:https://www.dbfei.com/Article/putaoyayu/201311/8412.html