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How do you pronounce "vizinho" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Say "vee-ZEE-nyoo", with the middle consonant like the "ny" in "canyon" and the final o closed to "oo".
Stress falls on the second syllable "zi"; the "nh" digraph in the last syllable needs its own distinct nasal-palatal sound, and the final o reduces to "oo".
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O meu vizinho tem um cão.
My neighbor has a dog.
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"O meu vizinho tem um cão" uses "tem" (has, from "ter") and "um cão" (a dog) with the indefinite article. "Cão" itself contains the same nasal "ão" diphthong seen in "irmão", making this sentence good nasal-vowel practice. The sentence structure is a simple subject-verb-object statement, directly parallel to English.
Where English speakers slip
The "nh" is frequently flattened by English speakers into a plain "n" ("vi-ZEE-no") instead of the distinct palatal nasal "ɲ" — practice contrasting it with plain "n" words to hear the difference. This palatal sound is identical across European and Brazilian Portuguese, so the more distinctly European feature here is the crisp final "-o" reduced to "oo" spoken quickly, rather than the fuller, more open vowel a Brazilian speaker might give it.