Portuguese alphabet
The Portuguese alphabet consists of 26 base letters and 13 letters with diacritical extensions such as acute (á), tilde (ã) or the cedilla (ç). The pronunciation of Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese is different.
Letters
The 39 letters of the Portuguese alphabet are:
| Capital letter | A. | À | Á | Â | Ã | B. | C. | Ç | D. | E. | É | Ê | F. | G | H | I. | Í | J | K | L. | M. | N | O | O | O | O | P | Q | R. | S. | T | U | Ú | V | W. | X | Y | Z |
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| lowercase letters | a | à | á | â | ã | b | c | ç | d | e | é | ê | f | G | H | i | í | j | k | l | m | n | O | O | O | O | p | q | r | s | t | u | ú | v | w | x | y | z |
pronunciation
| Letter | Pronunciation (normal type) | Pronunciation (phonetic transcription) | Diacritics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | á | / a / | à, á, â, ã |
| Port | bê | / be / | |
| Cc | cê | / se / | ç |
| Dd | dê | / de / | |
| Ee | é | / ɛ / | é, ê |
| Ff | éfe | / ˈƐfə / | |
| Gg | guê, gê | / ge, ʒe / | |
| Hh | agá | / ɐˈga / | |
| Ii | i | / i / | í |
| Yy | iota | / ˈƷɔtɐ / | |
| Kk | capa, cá | / kapɐ, ka / | |
| Ll | éle | / ˈƐlə / | |
| Mm | éme | / ˈƐmə / | |
| Nn | éne | / ˈƐnə / | |
| Oo | O | / ɔ / | ó, ô, õ |
| Pp | pê | / pe / | |
| quê | / ke / | ||
| Rr | érre | / ˈƐʀə / | |
| Ss | eat | / ˈƐsə / | |
| Tt | tê | / te / | |
| Uu | u | / u / | ú |
| Vv | vê | / ve / | |
| Ww | vê duplo, vê dobrado, dáblio | / ve ˈduplu, ve duˈbradu, ˈdablju / | |
| Xx | xis | / ʃiʃ / | |
| Yy | i grego, ípsilon | / iˈgregu, ˈipsilon / | |
| Currently | zê | / ze / |