Portuguese (Brazil) · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "juntos" in Portuguese (Brazil)?

Q: How do you pronounce juntos in Portuguese (Brazil)?

juntos is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈʒũ.tus/. It means “together.” ZHOON-toos. Soft "zh" at the front, nasal first vowel, and the plural ending sounds like "toos."

ZHOON-toos. Soft "zh" at the front, nasal first vowel, and the plural ending sounds like "toos."

juntos /ˈʒũ.tus/

The nasal syllable takes the weight, and the plural s leaves it alone. The adjective agrees in gender and number, so a group of women is "juntas," and the stress stays put through every form.

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Sound it out

j The soft "zh" of "measure," never the hard English j and never the throaty Spanish one. Portuguese j is voiced and smooth, made with the tongue near the palate.

un A rounded u with the nose open, and it takes the weight. Lips pushed forward, air escaping upward, no separate n.

tos A hard t, a vowel heard as "oo," then a closing s. So the plural ending comes out "toos," not "tose."

Hear it in a sentence

Vamos almoçar juntos?

Shall we have lunch together?

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"Vamos almoçar juntos?" uses "vamos" plus an infinitive as a suggestion. "Almoçar" packs in a vocalized l — "ow-moh-SAH" — and a cedilla forcing an s before an a, so the sentence has a glide, a cedilla and a nasal before it lands on the plural s.

Where English speakers slip

Reaching for the English j gives "JOON-tose," wrong on the consonant and the vowel. Make it "zh" and raise the o to "oo." Learners also forget the agreement, using "juntos" for a group of women where "juntas" is required — a small error that Brazilians notice instantly.