How do you ask for bread in Portuguese?

You can say "me vê um pão com manteiga, por favor?", making sure the ão comes out nasal, through the nose.

What's the difference between pão and pau?

Pão has a nasal diphthong, ão, that comes out through the nose; without that nasal sound the word turns into a different word.

It means someone left without a father and mother, as in the sentence about the cat that was left órfão.

You ask for bread at the bakery, it comes out as "pau" without the nasal sound, and the clerk asks you again what you want.

Me vê um pão com manteiga, por favor?

Can you get me some bread with butter, please?

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pão/pɐ̃w̃/
breadnoun
Baked food made of flour, water and yeast.
mão/mɐ̃w̃/
handnoun
The part of the body at the end of the arm, with five fingers.
maçã/maˈsɐ̃/
applenoun
A round fruit with red or green skin, firm and sweet.
irmã/iʁˈmɐ̃/Also said iɾˈmɐ̃.
sisternoun
A woman who has the same parents as another person.
alemão/aleˈmɐ̃w̃/
Germanadjective
That is from Germany or has to do with that country.
órfão/ˈɔʁfɐ̃w̃/Also said ˈɔɾfɐ̃w̃.
orphanedadjective
That is left without a father and a mother.
paixão/pajˈʃɐ̃w̃/
passionnoun
A very strong feeling for someone or something.
botão/buˈtɐ̃w̃/Also said boˈtɐ̃w̃.
buttonnoun
A small part you press to make a machine work.
hífen/ˈifẽj̃/
hyphennoun
A small dash that joins two words or splits a word at the end of a line.
gato/ˈɡatu/
catnoun
A domestic animal with four legs that meows and hunts mice.

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Me vê um pão com manteiga, por favor?
Can you get me some bread with butter, please?
Ele me deu a mão para atravessar a rua.
He gave me his hand to cross the street.
Você prefere uma maçã verde ou uma vermelha?
Do you want a green apple or a red one?
Minha irmã chega de ônibus no fim de semana.
My sister is arriving by bus this weekend.
Meu colega alemão adora pão de queijo.
My German coworker loves cheese bread.
O gato ficou órfão e a gente cuidou dele.
The cat was left an orphan and we took care of it.
Cozinhar sempre foi a maior paixão da minha irmã.
Cooking has always been my sister's biggest passion.
Aperta esse botão aqui para chamar o elevador.
Press this button here to call the elevator.
Essa palavra leva hífen ou escreve tudo junto?
Does this word take a hyphen or is it written as one word?
Meu gato subiu no telhado e não desce mais.
My cat climbed onto the roof and won't come down.

pão/pɐ̃w̃/
Just one syllable: the ão is a nasal diphthong, it comes out through the nose and ends in a nasal u.
irmã/iʁˈmɐ̃/
The r before the m is scraped in the throat, not a tapped r; the stress falls on the nasal ã at the end.
órfão/ˈɔʁfɐ̃w̃/
The ó is open, like in the English word "cot", and the stress falls there: the "ão" at the end comes out weak.
paixão/pajˈʃɐ̃w̃/
The x here sounds like sh.
botão/buˈtɐ̃w̃/
The o at the start comes out like u: "butão".
hífen/ˈifẽj̃/
The h is silent, the stress falls on the first syllable, and the "en" at the end comes out nasal, almost "eim" — nasal without a tilde.
gato/ˈɡatu/
The final o comes out like u: "gatu", and nothing here is nasal.

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How do you ask for bread in Portuguese?: You can say "me vê um pão com manteiga, por favor?", making sure the ão comes out nasal, through the nose.
What's the difference between pão and pau?: Pão has a nasal diphthong, ão, that comes out through the nose; without that nasal sound the word turns into a different word.
What does órfão mean?: It means someone left without a father and mother, as in the sentence about the cat that was left órfão.

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