This page is a guide for reading and adding Portuguese IPA pronunciations. Unless noted otherwise, the information here refers only to Standard European Portuguese and Standard Brazilian Portuguese. SeePortuguese phonology.

The transcriptions in the second column are non-canonical and should be replaced by those in the first one.

• Monosyllabic words should include a stress mark if they are stressed in sentences (si →/ˈsi/ butse →/si/).
• Secondary stress marks are optional, but recommended.

Sandhi should not be noted in pronunciations of individual words, as it is entirely predictable.

Metaphony is the variation between/o/ in the masculine singular of a noun or adjective and/ɔ/ in other forms. Some examples are:

• ovo(“egg”)/ˈo.vu/, pluralovos/ˈɔ.vus/
• novo(“new”)/ˈno.vu/, feminine singularnova/ˈnɔ.vɐ/, masculine pluralnovos/ˈnɔ.vus/, feminine pluralnovas/ˈnɔ.vɐs/
• porco(“pig”)/ˈpoʁ.ku/, feminine singularporca(“female pig, sow”)/ˈpɔʁ.kɐ/, masculine pluralporcos/ˈpɔʁ.kus/, feminine pluralporcas/ˈpɔʁ.kɐs/

The occurrence of metaphony is not predictable; it occurs in several words with stressedo, but not all of them. it can be noted using|meta=1 in{{pt-noun}} and{{pt-adj}}, and adds nouns toCategory:Portuguese nouns with metaphony and adjectives toCategory:Portuguese adjectives with metaphony.

The dialectology of modern Galician-European Portuguese established byLuís Lindley Cintra considers three major dialectal areas: Galician dialects, Northern Portuguese dialects, and Central-Southern Portuguese dialects.^[2][3]

The "standard" European Portuguese of Lisbon is a member of the Central-Southern Portuguese dialects. It is characterized by:

• Monophthongization of/ow/ in <ou> to/o/ (e.g.:ouro:[ˈo.ɾu],ouvir:[o.ˈviɾ]).^[4][5] (conserved in Northern Portugal dialects)
• Realization of/ej/ in <ei> as/ɐj/ (e.g.:ceifar:[sɐj.ˈfaɾ],feito:[ˈfɐj.tu])^[6] (characteristic of the Lisbon dialect that spread to the rest of the country)
• Realization of/ẽj/ and/ɛ̃j/ in <ém>/<éns> as/ɐ̃j/ (e.g.:bem:[ˈbɐ̃j],vens:[ˈvɐ̃jʃ])^[7] (characteristic of the Lisbon dialect that spread to the rest of the country)

Northern European Portuguese dialects, closely related with Galician, are characterized by:

• Betacism:[b] and[v] are realized as[b] or[β] (e.g.:chuva:[ˈt͡ʃu.βɐ],vela:[ˈbɛ.lɐ],[ˈβɛ.lɐ]).^[8][9][10]
• Conservation the diphthong/ej/ in <ei>, instead of realizing it as/ɐj/ (e.g.:ceifar:[sej.ˈfaɾ],feito:[ˈfej.tu])^[6]
• Conservation of the diphthong/ow/ in <ou>, instead of merging it with/o/ (e.g.:ouro:[ˈow.ɾu],ouvir:[ow.ˈβiɾ]).^[4][5]
• Conservation of the affricate/t͡ʃ/ in <ch>, instead of merging it with/ʃ/ (e.g.:chuva:[ˈt͡ʃu.βɐ],chamar:[t͡ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ]).^[8]

• Sesseio:[s] and[z] are realized as apical alveolar fricatives,[s̺] and[z̺], respectively (e.g.:cozer/coser:[kuˈz̺eɾ];passo/paço:[paˈs̺u]).^[11][12]

• Lack of Sesseio:[s] and[z] are distinguished from apical alveolar fricatives,[s̺] and[z̺], respectively (e.g.:cozer:[kuˈzeɾ] vs.coser:[kuˈz̺eɾ];paço:[paˈsu] vs.passo:[paˈs̺u]).^[11][12]

Central European Portuguese dialects are characterized by:

• Conservation of the diphthong/ej/ in <ei>, except Lisbon where it is realized as/ɐj/ (e.g.:ceifar:[sej.ˈfaɾ],feito:[ˈfej.tu])^[6]

Some peculiarities of the dialect from Lisbon are not considered standard:^[13]

• Diphthongization of final/i.u/ in <io> to/iw/ (e.g.:rio:[ˈʁiw],frio:[ˈfɾiw])

Southern European Portugal dialects comprise theAlentejan and Algarvian Portuguese. They are characterized by:

• Monophthongization of/ej/ in <ei> to/e/ (e.g.:ceifar:[se.ˈfaɾ],feito:[ˈfe.tu]).^[5][8][6]
• No rendering of intervocalic/d/ as[ð].^[1]

• Due to the recentness of this page’s creation, not every entry conforms to its guidelines. Users are encouraged to correct nonstandard IPA transcriptions, tag them with{{attention|pt|nonstandard pronunciation}}, or inform another user about them.
• Some symbols are used in broad transcriptions even though they are usually considered allophones of another phoneme. The reasons for this are: they are traditionally used in broad transcriptions by other resources; preventing users from sounding foreign when not using that allophone sounds incorrect; in exceptional instances they are a distinct phoneme.

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