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How do you pronounce "cada" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "KAH-duh" — a clear, stressed "KAH" followed by a fast, swallowed "duh".
Stress is on the first syllable with a full open "a"; the second, unstressed "a" reduces to a quick neutral "uh" sound.
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Cada dia é diferente.
Each day is different.
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"Cada dia é diferente" means "Each day is different", with "cada" placed directly before the noun it modifies, just like English "each". Note "cada" is invariable — it never changes ending for masculine, feminine, or plural nouns, which makes it simpler to use correctly than many other Portuguese determiners that must agree in gender and number.
Where English speakers slip
Because "cada" is spelled symmetrically, learners often give both "a" vowels equal weight, saying something like "KAH-dah" with two full open vowels, when only the first syllable should be full and stressed — the second must be clearly reduced toward "uh". This asymmetry between identically-spelled vowels is a recurring European Portuguese pattern worth internalizing.