Please note that these pages are about BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE, not European Portuguese.
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Spelling Ortografia


The differences in spelling in Brazilian and European Portuguese

European   Brazilian Example NOTICE
gue
qui
güe
qüi
aguentar agüentar  
-cc-
-cç-
-c-
-ç-
accionista acionista  
-ct- -t- facto fato  
-pç-
-pt-
-ç-
-t-
óptima ótima  
-b- (nothing) subtil sutil only when -b- is
intermediate consonant
-eia -éia ideia idéia  
-oo- -ôo- voo vôo  
-é-
-ó-
-ê-
-ô-
ténis tênis  
Seasons and
months with
capital letter
with lowercase
letter
Inverno inverno
Novembro novembro
 


 

 

Latest update: 1999-01-07 (YYYY-MM-DD)
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