Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide

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

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

oito is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [ˈojtu]. It means “eight.” Sounds like "OY-too" — a clear "oy" glide up front, then a crisp dental "t" and a clipped final "oo."

Sounds like "OY-too" — a clear "oy" glide up front, then a crisp dental "t" and a clipped final "oo."

oito [ˈojtu]

Stress is on the first syllable with the "oi" diphthong; the final "o" is unstressed and reduces toward "oo."

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Sound it out

oi Glides like the "oy" in English "boy," moving from "o" toward "ee."

t A crisp, true dental "t," with the tongue tip touching the back of the upper teeth.

o This final unstressed "o" reduces to a short "oo" sound rather than staying a full "oh."

Hear it in a sentence

A loja abre às oito.

The shop opens at eight.

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"A loja abre às oito" means "The shop opens at eight." As with "seis" earlier, "às" fuses "a" (at) with the feminine plural article, silently referring back to "horas" (hours), which is why you'll often hear times given as just "às oito" without ever saying "horas" out loud.

Where English speakers slip

The main trap is giving the final "o" its full textbook "oh" sound, producing something like "OY-toh." European speech consistently trims that unstressed final vowel down to "oo" or less, a reduction that's much lighter or absent in Brazilian Portuguese — so over-pronouncing the ending is a quick giveaway of a non-European accent.