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Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "com" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
A nasal 'kaw' sound — say 'caw' (as in a crow's caw) while pushing the air through your nose.
Single syllable, inherently stressed; the 'm' again nasalizes the vowel rather than being pronounced as a closing consonant.
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Vou ao cinema com o meu amigo.
I'm going to the cinema with my friend.
Listen: Vou ao cinema com o meu amigo.
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'Vou ao cinema com o meu amigo' uses 'com' to mean accompaniment, just like English 'with'. Note 'ao' here is itself a contraction (a + o), showing how Portuguese constantly fuses small prepositions and articles together — a pattern worth getting used to early.
Where English speakers slip
The instinct is to pronounce 'com' with a closed final /m/, the way English 'com' sounds in 'come'. EP nasalizes the vowel instead and never actually closes the lips on the m — clamping the lips shut is a telltale non-native pronunciation.