How do you say "bread" in Portuguese?

Bread is "pão", as in "Você quer que eu compre pão na padaria?"

What does "cidadão" mean?

"Cidadão" means citizen, a person who is part of a country and has rights and duties there.

It's one syllable: the ão is a nasal diphthong, it comes out through the nose and ends in a nasal u sound.

You're texting on your phone and get stuck putting these words into the plural.

Você quer que eu compre pão na padaria?

Do you want me to buy bread at the bakery?

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pão/pɐ̃w̃/
breadnoun
Baked food made from flour, water and yeast.
mão/mɐ̃w̃/
handnoun
The body part at the end of the arm, with five fingers.
capitão/kapiˈtɐ̃w̃/
captainnoun
The person in charge of a team or a ship.
cidadão/sidaˈdɐ̃w̃/
citizennoun
A person who belongs to a country and has rights and duties there.
papel/paˈpɛw/
papernoun
A thin sheet you write or print on.
hotel/oˈtɛw/
hotelnoun
A place where you pay to sleep for a few days away from home.
jornal/ʒoʁˈnaw/Also said ʒoɾˈnaw.
newspapernoun
A publication with the day's news.
homem/ˈõmẽj̃/
mannoun
An adult person of the male sex.
jovem/ˈʒɔvẽj̃/
youngadjective
Being young.
azul/aˈzuw/
blueadjective
The color of a cloudless sky.

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Você quer que eu compre pão na padaria?
Do you want me to buy bread at the bakery?
Me dá a mão para atravessar a rua.
Give me your hand to cross the street.
O capitão do time chegou atrasado no treino.
The team captain showed up late to practice.
Todo cidadão tem o direito de reclamar disso.
Every citizen has the right to complain about that.
Você tem um papel para eu anotar o endereço?
Do you have a piece of paper for me to write down the address?
O hotel fica a duas quadras da praia.
The hotel is two blocks from the beach.
Meu avô ainda lê o jornal todo dia de manhã.
My grandfather still reads the newspaper every morning.
Aquele homem da loja falou que fecha cedo.
That man from the store said they close early.
Ele é muito jovem para morar sozinho ainda.
He's too young to live on his own yet.
Você viu meu casaco azul em algum lugar?
Have you seen my blue jacket anywhere?

pão/pɐ̃w̃/
It's just one syllable: the ão is a nasal diphthong, it comes out through the nose and ends in a nasal u sound.
papel/paˈpɛw/
The e in the last syllable is open, like in pé, and the l turns into a u sound: papéu.
hotel/oˈtɛw/
The e is open and stressed, and the l at the end sounds like a u: o-TÉU.
jornal/ʒoʁˈnaw/
The l at the end sounds like a u: jor-náu.
homem/ˈõmẽj̃/
The h is silent, the first o comes out nasal because of the m, and the em at the end sounds like a nasal ẽi.
jovem/ˈʒɔvẽj̃/
The o is open, like in só, and the stress falls on the first syllable; the em at the end sounds like a nasal ẽi.

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How do you say "bread" in Portuguese?: Bread is "pão", as in "Você quer que eu compre pão na padaria?"
What does "cidadão" mean?: "Cidadão" means citizen, a person who is part of a country and has rights and duties there.
How do you pronounce the -ão ending in "pão"?: It's one syllable: the ão is a nasal diphthong, it comes out through the nose and ends in a nasal u sound.

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