bur-ro (mule)

mis-sa (religious service, mass)

cres-cer (to grow)

cres-çam

(3rd person plural of the present subjunctive, verb crescer - to grow)

ex-ce-to (except)

ca-chim-bo (pipe)

pa-lha-ço (clown)

ga-nha-ram

 (3rd person plural of the perfect indicative, verb ganhar - to win, earn)

3. Do not separate clusters made up of consonant + l  such as bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, tl and vl:

em-ble-ma (emblem)

re-cla-ma-ção (complaint)

in-fla-má-vel (flammable)

glu-tão (glutton)

A-tlân-ti-da (Atlantis)

Vla-di-mir (proper name)

4. Do not separate clusters made up of consonant + r  such as br, cr, fr, gl, pr and tr

hí-bri-do (hybrid)

re-cru-ta (conscript)

re-fres-co (refreshment)

de-glu-ti-ção (swallowing)

ca-pri-no (caprine)

re-tra-ção (retraction)

5. Separate sequence bl, when b belongs to prefix sub

sub-li-nhar (to underline)

6. Separate all other consonant strings, except if a consonant is left alone in a syllable

ad-vo-ga-do (lawyer)

su-per-fí-cie (surface)

ab-sol-vi-ção (absolution, acquittal)

cap-tu-rar (to capture)

re-pug-nân-cia (repugnance)

but

psi-có-lo-go (psychologist)

pneu-mo-nia (pneumonia)

gno-mo (gnome)

7. Do not separate vowels that make up diphthongs such as ai, au, ei, éi, eu, éu, io, iu, oi, ou, ua, ui, üi,  ãe, ão and õe

cai-xa (box)

in-ter-nau-ta (Internet user)

rei-tor (university dean)

pa-péis (papers)

neu-ro-ló-gi-co (neurological)

cha-péu (hat)

pa-vio (wick)

viu

(3rd person plural of the perfect indicative, verb ver - to see)

coi-sa (thing)

lou-ça (dishes)

a-ve-ri-gua-ram

 (3rd person plural of the perfect indicative, verb averiguar - to investigate, to check)

cui-dar (to take care)

sa-güi (marmoset)

a-le-mães (The Germans)

vi-são (vision, sight)

dis-põe

(3rd person plural of the present indicative, verb dispor - to dispose, to arrange)

8. Do not separate the triphthongs uai, üei, üiu, uou, uões, uão, uam and üem

Pa-ra-guai (Paraguay)

a-ve-ri-güei

 (1st person singular of the perfect indicative, verb averiguar - to investigate, to check)

de-lin-qüiu

(3rd person singular of the perfect indicative, verb delinqüir - to commit a crime)

a-guou

(3rd person singular of the perfect indicative, verb aguar - to water)

sa-guão (lobby, foyer)

sa-guões (lobbies, foyers)

en-xá-guam

(3rd person plural of the present indicative, verb enxaguar - to rinse)

en-xá-güem

(3rd person plural of the present subjunctive, verb enxaguar - to rinse)

9. Separate vowels that make up a hiatus such as aa, ai, aí, aú, ee, êe, ii, iú, ôo, ui and uí

ca-a-tin-ga (Brazilian shrubland)

ra-i-nha (queen)

fa-ís-ca (spark)

sa-ú-va (sauba ant)

can-de-ei-ro (lamp, candelabrum)

vê-em (3rd person plural of the present indicative, verb ver - to see)

xi-i-ta (shiite)

vi-ú-vo (widower)

en-jô-o (nausea)

fu-i-nha (weasel)

cu-í-ca (Brazilian drumlike instrument that produces a grunting sound)