Lesson 2: Portuguese Alphabet

The Portuguese alphabet consists of the following 23 latin letters :

Majuscule Forms ( also called as Upper case or Capital letters ) :
ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRSTUVXZ

Minuscule Forms ( also called as Lower case or Small letters ) :
abcdefghijlmnopqrstuvxz

Although not used in vernacular terms, the letters K, W, and Y may appear in borrowings and personal names, and in words derived from them.

Letter = Pronounciation ( English ) = Example

A = Ah = Amor ( Love )
B = Be = Boi ( Cow, male bovine )
C = Se = Carro ( Car )
D = De = Dente ( Tooth )
E = Eh = Escola ( School )
F = Eh-fe = Frio ( Cold )
G = Gue = Garfo ( Fork )
H = Agah = Horas ( Hours )
I = Ee = Irmão ( Brother )
J = Jota = Japão ( Japan )
L = Ehle = Laranja ( Orange )
M = Ehme = Maracujá ( Passion fruit )
N = Ehne = Nuvem ( Cloud )
O = Oh = Obrigado ( Thank you -male )
P = Pe = Pássaro ( Bird )
Q = Ke = Questão ( Question )
R = Ehrre = Rádio ( Radio )
S = Ehse = Sapato ( Shoe )
T = Te = Tudo ( Everything )
U = Oo = Uma ( One-female gender )
V = Ve = Vaca ( Cow; female bovine )
X = Sheesh = Xadrez ( Chess )
Z = Ze = Zangão ( Drone; male bee )

European Portuguese pronounciation





Brazilian Portuguese pronounciation