Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
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Accent mark placement rules Regras de acentuação gráfica |
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| Portuguese | English |
| acento agudo | acute accent |
| acento grave | grave accent |
| acento circunflexo | circumflex accent |
| til | tilde |
| cedilha | cedilla |
| trema | dieresis |
| apóstrofo | apostrophe |
| 1. All proparoxítonas are accented with an acute accent (for open vowels), or with a circunflex accent (for nasal vowels). |
básico (basic) hidrelétrica (hydroelectric plant) xifópago (xiphopagus) número (number) Atlântico (Atlantic) bêbado (drunkard) eletrônico (electronic,electronical)
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| 2. Paroxítonas ending in l, n, r and x are accented with an acute or a circumflex accent. |
fútil (futile) próton (proton) caráter (character) câncer (cancer) tórax (torax) ônix (onix)
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3. Paroxítonas ending in a diphthong are always accented with an acute or a circumflex accent.
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gíria (slang) sírio (Syrian) série (series) gênio (genius, genie) ária (aria) área (area) ozônio (ozone) telúrio (tellurium)
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4. Oxítonas ending in a, as, e, es o and os are always accented.
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Paraná (a Brazilian State) crachá (name tag) Carajás (a place in Brazil) dendê (dende oil) Inês (proper name) você (you) avó (grandmother) retrós (spool) alô (hello)
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5. Monossílabos ending in a, as, e, es, o and os are always accented.
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pá (shovel) rãs (frogs) sã (healthy) fé (faith) nó (knot)
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