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Brazilian Portuguese Pronounciation
This is a rough guide to pronouncing written Portuguese for Capoeira
songs. There are many accent differences in different regions of
Brazil, so it is important to listen carefully to Capoeira music,
following the lyrics with your eyes, and starting to associate the
sounds you are hearing with the words you are seeing. Think of this
guide here as a bit of a "head-start". Once you get used to the general
rules of pronouncing Brazilian Portuguese, it will become easy to pick
up new songs.
If you want to learn Portuguese (very important for serious
Capoeiristas), make sure it is Brazilian and not European Portuguese
that you learn! It would be like wanting to learn English to
communicate in Australia, then learning English will a London accent.
Words are pronounced quite differently, and some words have completely
different meanings, eg. "bicha" in European Portuguese is a queue, but
in Brazilan Portuguese, it means "animal." Can you imagine asking
someone if they are "waiting in the animal?"
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a
ã
e
e (end of word)
i
o
o (end of word)
u
b
c + e/i
ç
c + a/o/u
ch
d
d + e (end of word)/i
f
g + e/i
g + a/o/u
h
j
l
l (end of word)
lh
m
n
nh
p
q(u)
q(u) + e/i
r (beginning of word)
r
s
s + a/e/i/o/u
t
v
x
z
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abide
rang (nasal sound)
let
mean
mean
cop
boot
boot
ball
sat
sat
can
shout
dab
gee
fun
pleasure
got
(silent)
pleasure
last
how
billion
map
nod
onion
pin
quart
"silent u"
"aspirated (similar to 'h')"
"rolled 'r'"
sat
zoo
tap (hard "t")
very
shout
zoo
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falar (fah-lahr)
irmã (ee-rr-mahng)
certo (sear-too)
sabe (sah-bee)
partida (pahr-chee-dah)
nova (nov-ah)
sapato (sah-pah-too)
mudar (moo-dahr)
bonito (bon-ee-too)
cem (seng)
começa (kom-ea-sah)
comer (kom-ear)
chocolate
(shock-ol-ah-tee)
dar (dahr)
cidade (see-dah-jee)
falar (fah-lahr)
geléia
(gel-ey-ah)
pagar (pah-gahr)
hotel (o-tel)
julho (zhul-yoo)
livre (lee-vree)
total (tot-aw)
mulher (mool-year)
mesa (mea-zah)
nadar (nah-dahr)
vinho (veen-yoo)
parar (pah-rahr)
quando (kwahn-doo)
quem (keang)
rio (hee-oo)
compram (kom-prahm)
sol (sohl)
casa (kah-zah)
todo (tod-oo)
vida (vee-dah)
baixa (buy-shah)
fazer (fah-zear)
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