Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "amanhã" in Portuguese (Portugal)?

Q: How do you pronounce amanhã in Portuguese (Portugal)?

amanhã is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [ɐ.mɐˈɲɐ̃]. It means “tomorrow.” Say "uh-muh-NYUNG" (nasal) — stress the last syllable, and let it ring through your nose rather than ending in a hard "ng".

Say "uh-muh-NYUNG" (nasal) — stress the last syllable, and let it ring through your nose rather than ending in a hard "ng".

amanhã [ɐ.mɐˈɲɐ̃]

Stress falls on the final syllable, which carries a nasal vowel; "nh" is a single soft "ny" sound, like the "ni" in "onion".

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Sound it out

a Unstressed, reduces to a quick "uh".

manh The "nh" combination is one soft sound, like "ny" in "canyon", not "n" plus "h".

ã A nasal "ah" vowel — say it as if you're about to say "ung" but stop before the tongue closes off the sound.

Hear it in a sentence

Vemo-nos amanhã.

See you tomorrow.

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"Vemo-nos amanhã" (See you tomorrow) uses a reflexive/reciprocal construction "vemo-nos" ("we see each other/ourselves") that is common in EU Portuguese for casual goodbyes, with the pronoun attached after the verb — a placement pattern typical of European rather than Brazilian Portuguese, which usually places it before the verb as "nos vemos".

Where English speakers slip

English speakers often pronounce the final "ã" as an oral vowel followed by a hard "n" or "ng" consonant, like "amanyan", instead of letting the vowel itself become nasal with no consonant closure. The nasalization is a quality of the vowel, produced by air passing through the nose while the mouth stays open — there's no separate nasal consonant sound at the end.