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Accentuation

Other Diacritic Marks  In addition to letters, capitalization and punctuation, Portuguese writing uses graphic signs called acentos (accent marks) which sometimes may appear in their English spelling. Moreover, a diacritic mark (cedilha) is used under the C - Ç.

Accent Marks Accent name Example
´ acute accent pé, (foot)
^ circumflex accent Avô (grandfather)
~ til or tilde rã (frog)
` grave accent à (to)
Diacritic Mark Diacritic Mark Name Example
ç cedilha laço (bow)

Portuguese language dictionaries do not list phonetic transcriptions for the pronunciation of words, stress or syllabic division (Travlang, 2000). There is no need for it, given the predictability of the letter/sound correspondence and syllabic structure.

 
 
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