Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

Portuguese spelling	Pronounced as in...	Rule	Example
x	zebra	between e and another vowel	exame *exam, test* exumar *to exhume* exército *army*
	toxic	between other vowels (no diphthongs)	tóxico *toxic* uxório *uxorial*
	she	at the beginning of words	xadrez *chess*
		after en-, me-	enxame *swarm* mexer *to meddle*
		after diphthongs	ameixa *plum* caixa *box*
		names of deities of the Afro-Brazilian culture, as well as words of African origin	Oxóssi, Oxum, Xangô *proper names* axé *a kind of Brazilian music*
		words of English origin	xampu *shampoo* xale *shawl* xerez *sherry*
xc	descend	between e and e/i	exceção *exception* excelente *excellent* excitante *exciting*
xc	scanner	between e and other letters than e/i	excluir *to exclude* excursão *excursion*
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