{"id":44,"date":"2007-08-01T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=44"},"modified":"2014-07-17T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:21:35","slug":"x-marks-the-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/x-marks-the-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"X marks the sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pronunciation in Portuguese can be tricky, and there are several areas in which language learners are frequently confused. One such area in Portuguese is the letter <strong>X<\/strong>. This one letter has <em>four different sounds<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>In the word <strong>X<\/strong>ang\u00f4, the &#8216;x&#8217; is pronounced like the &#8216;sh&#8217; in <strong>sh<\/strong>ampoo.<br \/>\nIn pro<strong>x<\/strong>imidade, it sounds like the &#8216;s&#8217; in <strong>s<\/strong>erious.<br \/>\nIn t\u00e1<strong>x<\/strong>i, it sounds like the common &#8216;x&#8217; sounds in English, like in fa<strong>x<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn e<strong>x<\/strong>\u00edlio, the &#8216;x&#8217; sounds like the &#8216;z&#8217; in &lt;strongzero.<\/p>\n<p>To further confuse issues, there seems to be little rhyme or reason governing the sounds of X. A case in point is <strong>fixo<\/strong> (fixed), pronounced <em>fee-ksoo<\/em> versus <strong>lixo<\/strong> (trash), pronouced <em>lee-shoo<\/em>. 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