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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?
Can I spell my full name for you now?

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    soletrar/soleˈtɾa/

    to spellverb

    To say a word letter by letter.

  2. 2
    letra/ˈletɾɐ/

    letternoun

    Each of the signs of the alphabet used for writing.

  3. 3
    sobrenome/sobɾeˈnõmi/

    last namenoun

    The family name that comes after the first name.

  4. 4

    maiúsculacapital letter

  5. 5

    cedilhacedilla

  6. 6

    acentoaccent mark

  7. 7

    repetirto repeat

  8. 8

    errarto make a mistake

  9. 9

    devagarslowly

  10. 10

    claroclear

Spell it1 of 3

The other 7

The sentences3 of 10

  1. Posso soletrar meu nome completo para você agora?

    Can I spell my full name for you now?

  2. Você quer que eu diga letra por letra?

    Do you want me to say it letter by letter?

  3. 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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Questions

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.

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