Portuguese pronunciation generator: hear Brazilian Portuguese

Type Portuguese and hear it said with a Brazilian accent, nasal vowels included. Free, no sign-up.

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Type or paste up to 500 characters of Portuguese, or pick a sample. Keep the tildes and accents: pão and pau are different words.

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Portuguese sounds English speakers find hard

Brazilian Portuguese changes several letters from how they look. These are the ones to learn first.

Nasal vowels

A tilde, or an m or n closing a syllable, makes the vowel nasal. Ão is the hardest: a nasal ow said through the nose.

pão [ˈpɐ̃w̃] · mãe [ˈmɐ̃j̃] · bom [ˈbõ]

T and d before i

In most of Brazil, t and d before an i sound turn into ch and j. Tia sounds like chee-ah and dia like jee-ah.

tia [ˈtʃi.ɐ] · dia [ˈdʒi.ɐ] · noite [ˈnoj.tʃi]

The r

R at the start of a word, and rr, is an h-like sound in most Brazilian accents. A single r between vowels is a tap, so carro (car) and caro (expensive) differ by it.

Rio [ˈhi.u] · carro [ˈka.hu] · caro [ˈka.ɾu]

L at the end of a syllable

In Brazil, l at the end of a syllable sounds like a w. Mal (badly) and mau (bad) sound the same.

Brasil [bɾaˈziw] · mal [maw]

Final o and e

An unstressed o at the end of a word sounds like u, and a final e like i.

obrigado [o.bɾiˈɡa.du] · leite [ˈlej.tʃi]

Custom Portuguese pronunciation for developers

Brazilians give many English product names a Portuguese reading, and a pronunciation dictionary lets you pick the one your callers use, so iPhone is always aifone.

A pronunciation dictionary is a list of words and how to say each one. Cartesia swaps every match for its sounds-like spelling before the text is read, on sonic-3 and newer.

Get an API key Read the pronunciation guide

pronunciation-dictionary.json

// Create the dictionary once, through the API or the Playground.
[
  { "text": "iPhone", "pronunciation": "aifone" }
]

// Then pass its ID with each text-to-speech request.
{
  "model_id": "sonic-3",
  "language": "pt",
  "pronunciation_dict_id": "<your dictionary ID>"
}

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French pronunciation

Nasal vowels, liaison and the French r, in a Parisian or Canadian French voice.

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German pronunciation

Umlauts, ich and ach, and z, in a Standard German voice.

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Italian pronunciation

Double consonants, gli and gn, read by an Italian voice.

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Japanese pronunciation

Kanji and kana read aloud, with long vowels and small tsu, in Standard Japanese.

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Korean pronunciation

Plain, tense and aspirated consonants and the sound changes between syllables.

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Polish pronunciation

Sz and ś, cz and ć, rz and ł, and the nasal ą and ę.

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Portuguese pronunciation FAQs

How do you pronounce Portuguese words correctly?

Learn the nasal vowels, the t and d before i, and the two r sounds. Then type the word into the generator above and repeat it after the Brazilian voice.

Is there a free Portuguese pronunciation tool?

Yes. The generator on this page reads any Portuguese text up to 500 characters aloud in a Brazilian voice, free and with no account.

Is this Brazilian or European Portuguese?

Brazilian. Felipe and Alice, the voices on this page, speak Brazilian Portuguese. Cartesia's text-to-speech model also has a European Portuguese accent.

How do you pronounce obrigado?

[o.bɾiˈɡa.du], oh-bree-GAH-doo. The r is a single tap and the final o sounds like u. Women often say obrigada, ending in a.

Can I download the Portuguese audio?

Yes, with a free Cartesia account. Make an MP3 or WAV of the same text in the Cartesia Playground, or request it from the text-to-speech API.

Can Cartesia read longer Portuguese text?

Yes. Cartesia's text-to-speech model speaks 44 languages. For Portuguese voiceovers and apps, see the Portuguese text to speech page.

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