Leitfaden für die Aussprache von Konsonanten des europäischen Portugiesisch



Portugiesisch und Deutsch haben größtenteils ein gemeinsames Alphabet, und viele der Laute, die mit jedem Konsonanten verbunden sind, sind recht ähnlich. Wenn du ein deutscher Muttersprachler bist, solltest du besonders auf die Aussprache der Konsonanten achten, die mit dem vowels, die wir in einer separaten Lernnotiz behandeln werden, sowie die folgenden Konsonanten / Konsonantendigraphen: c, ç, ch, h, lh, m, n, nh, r, s, x, and z. Dieser Leitfaden bietet einen Überblick über die Aussprache des europäischen Portugals für consonants, aber du solltest auch diese Links besuchen, um genauere Erklärungen zu einigen der schwierigeren Klänge zu erhalten:

• Pronunciation Guide for European Portuguese Vowels
• Mystery of the Disappearing Sounds
• The Letters S and C
• The Letter X

European Portuguese Pronunciation: Consonant Sounds

Letter	Portuguese Example	English Approximation	Notes / Context	IPA Symbol
BbCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	bocamouthCommunity	boat		b
CcCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	cedoearlyCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adverb	less	Before e or i	s
	casahouseCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine	can	Before a, o, or u	k
ÇçCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	praçasquare, plazaCommunity	less		s
ChCommunity	chuvarainCommunity	shoe		ʃ
DdCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	dedofingerCommunity nadanothingCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adverb, Singular	dead	The Portuguese d is often pronounced with the tongue slightly more forward (touching the teeth more, approximating „th“) compared to the English d.	d, d̪
FfCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	figofigCommunity	fig		f
GgCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	o geloiceCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	genre	Before e or i	ʒ
	gatocatCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	gate	Before a, o, or u	g
HhCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	horahourCommunity	hour	Silent
JjCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	JoãoCommunity Slow audio Play audio Proper Noun, Singular	genre		ʒ
KkCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter			Only appears in foreign loan words	k
LlCommunity	luamoonCommunity	lose		l
lhCommunity	bacalhaucodfishCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	paella (Spanish)	No close approximation	ʎ
MmCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	mãemotherCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine	mom	Beginning or middle of word	m
	foramthey wereCommunity homemmanCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine simyesCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adverb	town, thing	No close approximation. At the end of a word or syllable, the m and the preceding vowel are replaced by a nasal vowel or diphthong.	am → ɐ̃w em → ɐ̃j im → ĩ om → õ um → ũ
NnCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	nadanothingCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adverb, Singular	nod	Beginning or middle of word	n
	contactocontactCommunity tantoso muchCommunity Slow audio Play audio Quantifiers sintoI feelCommunity	thing	No close approximation. Similar to m, at the end of a word or syllable, the n and the preceding vowel are replaced by a nasal vowel.	an → ɐ̃ en → ẽ in → ĩ on → õ un → ũ
nhCommunity	linhalineCommunity	canyon baño (Spanish)	No close approximation. The Portuguese sound is produced slightly further back in the mouth, using the body of the tongue instead of the tip of the tongue.	ɲ
PpCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	paifatherCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	pie		p
QqCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	queijocheeseCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	key	Q is always followed by a u, just like in English	k
	quartoroomCommunity Slow audio Play audio Number	queen		kw
RrCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	ruastreetCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine		No close approximation. Beginning of word. Pronounced like a guttural r, somewhere between and r and a „thick“ h. It is voiced with the tongue pulling back toward the uvula. Others pronounce it more rolled. (R varies quite a bit among dialects.)	ʁ
	correrrunCommunity Slow audio Play audio Verb		Double r is pronounced the same as above.	ʁ
	caroexpensiveCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adjective, Singular, Masculine ficarto stayCommunity Slow audio Play audio Verb MadeiraCommunity Slow audio Play audio Proper Noun, Singular, Feminine PortugalCommunity Slow audio Play audio Proper Noun, Singular	water (Amer. English)	Between vowels, end of syllable, or end of word: pronounced as a flap/alveolar r. No close approximations in British English.	ɾ
SsCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	inglêsEnglishCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adjective, Singular, Masculine istothisCommunity Slow audio Play audio Demonstratives	English	Before an unvoiced consonant (c,ç,ch,f,p,q,s,t) or at the end of a word	ʃ
	casahouseCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine os amigosthe friendsCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Plural, Masculine	zoo	Between vowels (even if the vowel sound is in the next word)	z
	desligarturn off, disconnectCommunity Slow audio Play audio Verb	genre	Before a voiced consonant (b,d,g,j,l,lh,m,n,nh,r,rr,v,z)	ʒ
TtCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	tossecoughCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine	tea		t
VvCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	vinhowineCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	van		v
WwCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter			Only appears in foreign loan words
XxCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	xaropesyrupCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine textotextCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine baixoshortCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adjective, Singular, Masculine	shoe	Beginning of a word, before a consonant, after a diphthong, between vowels(and first one is not e), after me, after en	ʃ
	o exameexamCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	zoo	Between e and a vowel (except after me)	z
	táxitaxiCommunity	taxi	There are some exceptions to the aforementioned x rules which do not follow a set pattern, such as the „ks“ pronunciation in táxi.	ks
YyCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter			Only appears in foreign loan words. Some English words that start with y are spelled with io in Portuguese, such as iogayogaCommunity and o iogurteyogurtCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine
ZzCommunity Slow audio Play audio Letter	deztenCommunity Slow audio Play audio Number	English	Before unvoiced consonant (c,ç,ch,f,p,q,s,t) or at the end of a word	ʃ
	dez eurosten eurosCommunity	zoo	End of word followed by a word beginning with a vowel sound	z
	felizmentefortunatelyCommunity Slow audio Play audio Adverb	genre	Before a voiced consonant (b,d,g,j,l,lh,m,n,nh,r,rr,v,z)	ʒ
	zerozeroCommunity Slow audio Play audio Number azulblueCommunity Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	zoo	Everywhere else	z