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How do you pronounce "lembrar" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "leh(n)-BRAR" with the first vowel nasalized — no hard 'm' sound, just a hum through the nose before the stressed -brar.
Stress falls on the final -brar; the lem- syllable is a nasal vowel, so the m is not pronounced as a separate closed-lip consonant the way English "lem" would suggest.
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Lembras-te do meu nome?
Do you remember my name?
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"Lembras-te do meu nome?" ("Do you remember my name?") shows lembrar used reflexively (lembrar-se de) to mean "to remember", literally closer to "to remind oneself of" — a very common pattern where the reflexive pronoun -te attaches to the verb with a hyphen in questions and statements alike. Do is a contraction of de + o ("of the"), linking the verb to meu nome ("my name").
Where English speakers slip
English speakers often pronounce lem- with a fully closed English m, as in the English word "lemon", rather than letting the vowel go nasal without a hard consonant closure; getting the nasal quality right (air through the nose, no lip-closing m) is the key adjustment for an authentic European Portuguese sound here.