How do you say "coffee" in Portuguese?

You say café, with the final e open and the stress falling there: ca-FÉ.

What does cônjuge mean?

It means the person someone is married to, their spouse.

You say ônibus, with the nasal ô at the start carrying the word's stress.

You hold down the vowel key on your phone to pick the accent, and you have to decide: the acute opens the sound, the circumflex closes it.

Você quer tomar um café antes de sair?

Do you want to have a coffee before we go?

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café/kaˈfɛ/
coffeenoun
A hot, dark drink made from ground roasted beans.
ônibus/ˈõnibus/
busnoun
A large vehicle that carries lots of people around the city and stops at fixed places.
cônjuge/ˈkõʒuʒi/
spousenoun
The person someone is married to.
hífen/ˈifẽj̃/
hyphennoun
A little dash that joins two words or breaks a word at the end of a line.
órgão/ˈɔʁɡɐ̃w̃/Also said ˈɔɾɡɐ̃w̃.
agencynoun
An official body that's part of a government or a larger institution.
médico/ˈmɛdʒiku/
doctornoun
A person who studied to treat sick people and prescribe medicine.
público/ˈpubliku/
publicadjective
Belonging to the government, that anyone can use.
último/ˈuwtʃimu/
lastadjective
The most recent, the one that came after all the others so far.
difícil/dʒiˈfisiw/
difficultadjective
That takes effort and doesn't come easily.
rápido/ˈʁapidu/
fastadverb
In a way that takes little time.

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Você quer tomar um café antes de sair?
Do you want to have a coffee before we go?
O último ônibus passa aqui a que horas?
What time does the last bus come through here?
Você precisa colocar o nome do seu cônjuge aqui.
You need to put your spouse's name here.
Esse nome de rua leva hífen no meio?
Does this street name have a hyphen in it?
Qual órgão público cuida desse tipo de pedido?
Which public agency handles this kind of request?
Você já marcou o médico para essa semana?
Have you booked the doctor for this week?
O transporte público aqui funciona bem no fim de semana?
Does public transport here run well on weekends?
Esse foi o último dia para pagar a conta.
That was the last day to pay the bill.
Foi difícil achar vaga perto do mercado.
It was hard to find a spot near the market.
Dá para fazer isso rápido antes de fechar?
Can you get this done quickly before closing?

café/kaˈfɛ/
The final e is open, and that's where the stress falls: ca-FÉ.
ônibus/ˈõnibus/
The ô at the start is nasal, and that's where the word's stress falls.
cônjuge/ˈkõʒuʒi/
The stress falls on the first syllable, côn. The j and the g sound the same, and the final e comes out as i.
hífen/ˈifẽj̃/
The h is silent, the stress falls on the first syllable, and the final "en" comes out nasal, almost like "eim" — nasal without a tilde.
órgão/ˈɔʁɡɐ̃w̃/
The ó in the first syllable is open, like in the English word "law", and the final ão is nasal.
médico/ˈmɛdʒiku/
The é is open, like in the English word "let"; the di sounds like "dji", and the final o comes out as u.
último/ˈuwtʃimu/
The l before the t turns into a u sound, and the ti sounds like "tchi".
difícil/dʒiˈfisiw/
The final l sounds like a u: dji-FÍ-siu.

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How do you say "coffee" in Portuguese?: You say café, with the final e open and the stress falling there: ca-FÉ.
What does cônjuge mean?: It means the person someone is married to, their spouse.
How do you say "bus" in Portuguese?: You say ônibus, with the nasal ô at the start carrying the word's stress.

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