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Letters of the AlphabetThere are 23 letters in the Portuguese alphabet (not including diacritics). The other 3 letters of the English alphabet are viewed as ‘foreign’ in Portuguese, but they still use them for certain ‘imported’ words such as ‘whiskey’ (although they sometimes spell this more phonetically using their own alphabet: ‘uísque’).
The Portuguese Alphabet (O Alfabeto Português)
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A
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(ah)
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B
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(beh)
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C
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(seh)
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| D |
(deh) |
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(eh)
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F
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(eff)
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G
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(ge[ay] - hard g as in ‘gold’; sometimes zhe[ay])
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H
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(agah) – hard g as in ‘gold’;
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I
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(ee)
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J
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(zhota) |
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(el) |
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M
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(em)
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N
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(en)
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O
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(oh) – as in ‘soft’
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(peh) |
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(keh)
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R
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(err)
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S
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(ess)
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T
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(teh)
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U
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(oo)
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V
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(veh)
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X
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(sheesh) - ‘shees’ in Brazil (hence some fast-food places refer to a 'x-burger'!)
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Z
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(zeh)
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Foreign Letters (Letras Estrangeiras)
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K
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(kappa) - sometimes just 'ka' (esp. in Brazil)
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W
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(doopluveh or dablyu)
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Y
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(eegregu) – lit. 'Greek i' ('i grego') also known as ipsilon
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