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
Bb Slow audio Play audio Letter	bocamouth	boat		b
Cc Slow audio Play audio Letter	cedoearly Slow audio Play audio Adverb	less	Before e or i	s
	casahouse Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine	can	Before a, o, or u	k
Çç Slow audio Play audio Letter	praçasquare, plaza	less		s
Ch	chuvarain	shoe		ʃ
Dd Slow audio Play audio Letter	dedofinger nadanothing 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
Ff Slow audio Play audio Letter	figofig	fig		f
Gg Slow audio Play audio Letter	o geloice	genre	Before e or i	ʒ
	gatocat Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	gate	Before a, o, or u	g
Hh Slow audio Play audio Letter	horahour	hour	Silent
Jj Slow audio Play audio Letter	João Slow audio Play audio Proper Noun, Singular	genre		ʒ
Kk Slow audio Play audio Letter			Only appears in foreign loan words	k
Ll	luamoon	lose		l
lh	bacalhaucodfish Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	paella (Spanish)	No close approximation	ʎ
Mm Slow audio Play audio Letter	mãemother Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine	mom	Beginning or middle of word	m
	foramthey were homemman Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine simyes 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
Nn Slow audio Play audio Letter	nadanothing Slow audio Play audio Adverb, Singular	nod	Beginning or middle of word	n
	contactocontact tantoso much Slow audio Play audio Quantifiers sintoI feel	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
nh	linhaline	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
Pp Slow audio Play audio Letter	paifather Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	pie		p
Qq Slow audio Play audio Letter	queijocheese Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	key	Q is always followed by a u, just like in English	k
	quartoroom Slow audio Play audio Number	queen		kw
Rr Slow audio Play audio Letter	ruastreet 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
	correrrun Slow audio Play audio Verb		Double r is pronounced the same as above.	ʁ
	caroexpensive Slow audio Play audio Adjective, Singular, Masculine ficarto stay Slow audio Play audio Verb Madeira Slow audio Play audio Proper Noun, Singular, Feminine Portugal 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
Ss Slow audio Play audio Letter	inglêsEnglish Slow audio Play audio Adjective, Singular, Masculine istothis 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
	casahouse Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Feminine os amigosthe friends Slow audio Play audio Noun, Plural, Masculine	zoo	Between vowels (even if the vowel sound is in the next word)	z
	desligarturn off, disconnect Slow audio Play audio Verb	genre	Before a voiced consonant (b,d,g,j,l,lh,m,n,nh,r,rr,v,z)	ʒ
Tt Slow audio Play audio Letter	tossecough	tea		t
Vv Slow audio Play audio Letter	vinhowine Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	van		v
Ww Slow audio Play audio Letter			Only appears in foreign loan words
Xx Slow audio Play audio Letter	xaropesyrup Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine textotext Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine baixoshort 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 exameexam Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	zoo	Between e and a vowel (except after me)	z
	táxitaxi	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
Yy 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 iogayoga and o iogurteyogurt Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine
Zz Slow audio Play audio Letter	dezten 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 euros	zoo	End of word followed by a word beginning with a vowel sound	z
	felizmentefortunately	genre	Before a voiced consonant (b,d,g,j,l,lh,m,n,nh,r,rr,v,z)	ʒ
	zerozero Slow audio Play audio Number azulblue Slow audio Play audio Noun, Singular, Masculine	zoo	Everywhere else	z