Portuguese (Brazil) · Pronunciation Guide

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

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

lindo is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈlĩ.du/. It means “beautiful.” LEEN-doo, with the first vowel nasal and the d staying hard before the o.

LEEN-doo, with the first vowel nasal and the d staying hard before the o.

lindo /ˈlĩ.du/

Ending in -o, the word follows the default and stresses the second-to-last syllable, "lin-," with no accent needed. That stressed syllable is also the nasal one, giving the nasality plenty of room — which is part of why the word sounds so emphatic when Brazilians use it as a compliment.

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Sound it out

lin Full l contact at the front, then an i nasalized by the n behind it. Hum the "ee" through your nose; the tongue never rises a second time.

do A hard d with an o behind it, and that o is heard as "oo." The nasal from the first syllable should still be trailing as the d lands.

Hear it in a sentence

Que vista linda!

What a beautiful view!

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"Que vista linda!" puts the adjective after a feminine noun, so it appears as "linda" — and note that the exclamation uses "que" without any article, which is the standard Portuguese pattern for "what a..." Both the noun and the adjective end in the light final a that Brazilians keep audible.

Where English speakers slip

Saying a full n gives "LIN-doh" with a clattery middle and an unraised ending, missing both Brazilian features at once. Nasalize the vowel and raise the final o. There's also a register point: "lindo" is warmer and more enthusiastic than "bonito," and Brazilians use it freely about people, food, weather and days in a way that would sound effusive in English.