Spelling your name on the phone in Portuguese
You call the bank's call center and the agent asks you to spell your full name, letter by letter.
The phrase
Posso soletrar meu nome completo para você agora?10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1soletrar/soleˈtɾa/
to spellverb
To say a word letter by letter.
- 2letra/ˈletɾɐ/
letternoun
Each of the signs of the alphabet used for writing.
- 3sobrenome/sobɾeˈnõmi/
last namenoun
The family name that comes after the first name.
- 4
maiúsculacapital letter
- 5
cedilhacedilla
- 6
acentoaccent mark
- 7
repetirto repeat
- 8
errarto make a mistake
- 9
devagarslowly
- 10
claroclear
The sentences3 of 10
Posso soletrar meu nome completo para você agora?
Can I spell my full name for you now?
Você quer que eu diga letra por letra?
Do you want me to say it letter by letter?
Você anotou meu sobrenome do jeito certo?
Did you write down my last name correctly?
Pronunciation
letra/ˈletɾɐ/
The e in the first syllable is closed, like in você: LÊ-tra.
sobrenome/sobɾeˈnõmi/
The stressed o is nasal and closed, and the final e sounds like i: sobre-NÔ-mi.
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- How do you say 'spell' in Portuguese?
- You say soletrar, as in 'Posso soletrar meu nome completo para você agora?'
- What does cedilha mean?
- Cedilha is the little mark under the c that makes it sound like an s.
The same situation in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German.