Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide

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

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

orgulhoso is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [oɾɣuˈʎozu]. It means “proud.” Say "or-goo-LYO-zoo," with the lh sounding like the "lli" in "million" and the stress on "LHO."

Say "or-goo-LYO-zoo," with the lh sounding like the "lli" in "million" and the stress on "LHO."

orgulhoso [oɾɣuˈʎozu]

Stress is on the third syllable "lho"; the digraph lh is a single palatal sound similar to the "lli" in English "million," never a separate l plus h.

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Sound it out

or- A short, throaty "or," with the r softened, almost breathy rather than a hard American r.

-gu- Hard g as in "go" plus "oo."

-LHO- The lh is a single melted sound, tongue pressed to the roof of the mouth, like the "y" in "canyon" — this is the stressed syllable, "LYO."

-so Between two vowels, s sounds like "z," so this final syllable is "zoo," not "so."

Hear it in a sentence

Estou orgulhoso de ti.

I'm proud of you.

Listen: Estou orgulhoso de ti.

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"Estou orgulhoso de ti" uses de ti ("of you," informal) rather than de você, reflecting the more common informal second-person address in everyday European Portuguese. As with the other emotion words here, estar plus the adjective frames pride as a current feeling directed at someone, marked by de.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers routinely pronounce lh as a plain "l" followed by an "h," but it's actually one fused palatal sound, tongue spread flat against the roof of the mouth — closer to the "lli" in "million" than to any English l. Also watch the final -oso: many learners keep the s as an s sound, when between vowels it should buzz into a z, giving "or-goo-LYO-zoo" rather than the flatter "or-goo-LYO-so."