Phonetic symbols

Long vowels
Vogais Longas sheep

farm horse bird

UK pronunciation US pronunciation

Short vowels
Vogais Curtas ship head hat cup

sock foot above mother

UK pronunciation US pronunciation

Diphthongs (two vowel sounds together)

Ditongos (dois sons voclicos juntos) day eye boy mouth nose nose ear hair pure

UK pronunciation US pronunciation

Consonants
Consoantes

Voiced
book

Voiceless
pen

day

town

give

cat

very

fish

the zoo

think say

vision

she

jump

cheese

look run yes

we moon name sing

hand

Other symbols
Outros smbolos main stress / acento tnico principal secondary stress / acento tnico secundrio expectation / expectao retell / recontar system / sistema

syllable division / diviso silbica

r linking r is pronounced only before a vowel in British English:

R s pronunciado antes de uma vogal no ingls Britnico.

four

four apples / quatro mas

restaurant / restaurante happy / feliz little / pequeno

influenza / butter (US) / manteiga

can be pronounced either ambos podem ser pronuciados

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label / rtulo