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How do you pronounce "falar" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Sounds like "fuh-LAR" — the first syllable shrinks to a quick "fuh", with stress on the second syllable.
Stress falls on -lar; the unstressed fa- reduces to a fast central [ɐ] rather than a full open "ah".
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Falas português?
Do you speak Portuguese?
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"Falas português?" ("Do you speak Portuguese?") is a simple yes/no question formed purely with rising intonation and no auxiliary verb, since Portuguese doesn't use a "do" equivalent to form questions. Falas is the informal tu form; a stranger might instead be asked with fala (using você or a more formal register). Português stays lowercase, since Portuguese doesn't capitalize language names.
Where English speakers slip
Learners often keep the unstressed fa- too open and clear, saying "FAH-lar" instead of the reduced "fuh-LAR" natural EP speech uses, with full stress and vowel clarity reserved for the second syllable. It's also worth remembering that in questions like this, EP relies entirely on intonation — rising pitch at the end — rather than any word-order change, which trips up learners looking for an English-style question structure.