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Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "salário" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "suh-LA-ryoo" — a quick, reduced first syllable, stress on "LA," and "rio" collapsing into one quick "ryoo."
Stress falls on the second syllable "lá"; the final -rio is unstressed and the i glides quickly into the o, almost forming one syllable rather than two.
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O salário é pago no fim do mês.
The salary is paid at the end of the month.
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"O salário é pago no fim do mês" uses é pago, the passive voice with ser plus a past participle, to describe the salary as "being paid" — a standard way to talk about routine, impersonal actions. No fim do mês contracts em with o ("in the") to mean "at the end of the month."
Where English speakers slip
Because salário closely resembles the English "salary," learners often stress the first syllable as in English; in European Portuguese the stress sits on the second syllable, sa-LÁ-rio, and the r in the middle should be a light single tap, not a rolled or American-style r. Skipping this stress shift is the most common mistake, and it makes the word noticeably harder for a native listener to parse quickly.