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How do you pronounce "tudo" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "TOO-doo" — both vowels close to "oo", with the stress clearly on the first syllable.
Stress is on the first syllable, which keeps a full "oo" vowel; the second, unstressed syllable also closes to "oo" since Portuguese "o" reduces this way both stressed and unstressed in this word.
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Tudo está bem.
Everything is fine.
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"Tudo está bem" means "Everything is fine", using "tudo" as a neutral, genderless pronoun for "everything" — it never changes form for gender or number, unlike adjectives. This phrase is one of the most common everyday responses to "how are things?" in Portuguese, so it's worth memorizing as a fixed expression alongside its literal meaning.
Where English speakers slip
Because both "t" sounds here sit before "u", not "i", there's no palatalization risk — but learners sometimes still soften the "t" out of habit from hearing Brazilian Portuguese affricate "t" before "i" sounds elsewhere, and mistakenly apply a similar softness here. Keep both "t" sounds crisp and dental, and make sure the final "o" is a genuine closed "oo", not a fuller open vowel.