{"id":2550,"date":"2011-08-01T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T06:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2011-07-31T22:10:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T22:10:37","slug":"brands-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brands-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficult Words to Pronounce in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I was talking to a couple of American friends who live in Brazil about how funny it is when Brazilians pronounce English words\u00a0<em>abrasileiradamente. <\/em>Things like, <em>Nothi-buqui <\/em>(notebook &#8211; usually used for laptops), <em>Amburgu\u00e9 \u00a0<\/em>(Hamburger), \u00a0&amp; <em>Leenqu\u00e9djeen <\/em>(LinkedIn)&#8230; and much more. At work, I&#8217;m hounded all the time for saying words in English&#8230; in English.<\/p>\n<p>But then I got to thinking&#8230; what about the other way around? Non-Portuguese speakers will all say things like, <em>Havaeenas <\/em>(Havaianas), <em>Kiepee-reenias <\/em>(Caipirinhas), and <em>Coe-are-ow\u00a0<\/em>(Cora\u00e7\u00e3o).<\/p>\n<p>Every language has words that are especially hard for those of certain other countries to pronounce. One word that&#8217;s almost impossible for a Brazilian to say in English is &#8220;world&#8221;, because the &#8220;rl,&#8221; isn&#8217;t found in Portuguese. The same goes for English speakers who try to say anything in Portuguese that has an &#8220;\u00e3o,&#8221; and always comes out sounding like, &#8220;ow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What are some words you find difficult to pronounce in Portuguese? Even if English is not your first language, let me know what your native language is and what sounds are difficult for you! Send them my way via the comments and I&#8217;ll answer with pronunciation tips and quite possible some audio (woot-woot) later this week!<\/p>\n<p>Happy <em>Segunda-feira!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I was talking to a couple of American friends who live in Brazil about how funny it is when Brazilians pronounce English words\u00a0abrasileiradamente. Things like, Nothi-buqui (notebook &#8211; usually used for laptops), Amburgu\u00e9 \u00a0(Hamburger), \u00a0&amp; Leenqu\u00e9djeen (LinkedIn)&#8230; and much more. 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