Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide

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

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

noite is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [ˈnojtɨ]. It means “night.” Say "NOY-tuh" — stress the first syllable, a diphthong like English "noy", with a faint final "e".

Say "NOY-tuh" — stress the first syllable, a diphthong like English "noy", with a faint final "e".

noite [ˈnojtɨ]

Stress is on the first syllable; the final "e" reduces almost to nothing, and the true dental "t" stays crisp, never a "ch" sound.

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Sound it out

noi Stressed diphthong, like the "oy" in English "noise".

t A true dental "t", tongue at the upper teeth — crisp and clear.

e Unstressed final vowel, reduced to a very faint "uh" or nearly silent.

Hear it in a sentence

Trabalho até tarde à noite.

I work until late at night.

Listen: Trabalho até tarde à noite.

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"Trabalho até tarde à noite" (I work until late at night) stacks two time expressions, "tarde" (late) and "à noite" (at night), to intensify the sense of working into the late hours. "Até" means "until", a common preposition for expressing a time limit or endpoint.

Where English speakers slip

Because "noite" has "ti" spelled differently ("te" after the diphthong, so technically it's "t" followed by unstressed "e", not "i"), there's no palatalization risk here, but learners exposed to Brazilian Portuguese may still be tempted to soften the "t" toward "tch" out of habit from other words. In European Portuguese the "t" always stays a true, crisp dental "t", and the final "e" is barely pronounced, unlike the fuller vowel Brazilian speakers often give it.