Portuguese (Portugal) · Pronunciation Guide

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

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

também is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /tɐ̃ˈbɐ̃j̃/. It means “also, too.” Say "tuhm-BAYNG" with a nasal twang on both syllables, and let the final "m" trail off as a nasal glide rather than a closed lip sound.

Say "tuhm-BAYNG" with a nasal twang on both syllables, and let the final "m" trail off as a nasal glide rather than a closed lip sound.

também /tɐ̃ˈbɐ̃j̃/

Stress is on the second syllable "bém", which carries a nasal diphthong that glides from "a" toward "i", both sounded through the nose.

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Sound it out

tam A nasal "tuhm", with the vowel pushed through the nose rather than a clean English "tam" as in "tampon".

b A normal English "b" sound, no surprises here.

ém A nasal diphthong that glides from an open "eh" toward a faint "y" sound, roughly like the vowel in English "bang" said through the nose without closing the lips on the "m".

Hear it in a sentence

Eu também gosto de café.

I also like coffee.

Listen: Eu também gosto de café.

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"Eu também gosto de café" means "I also like coffee", with "também" placed after the subject and before the verb, similar to how English can say "I also like...". European Portuguese speakers often instead tack "também" onto the end of a short reply ("Eu também" = "Me too"), which is a very common conversational pattern worth learning alongside the full-sentence use shown here.

Where English speakers slip

Learners tend to pronounce the final "m" as a full closed-lip English "m", saying something like "tam-BEM" with clipped consonants at both ends, when in fact European Portuguese nasalizes the vowels and lets the "m" dissolve into that nasal quality rather than being separately articulated — the word should sound like it's escaping partly through the nose, not ending on a firm lip closure.