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Spanish and Portuguese share about 89% of their vocabulary at the root. Learn the handful of sound and spelling patterns that connect them, and hundreds of Portuguese words you've never seen before will suddenly make sense.
From Español to Português
6 Real PatternsThree Patterns to Get You Started
-ción → -ção
The highest-value pattern in the whole guide. Any Spanish noun ending in -ción almost always becomes -ção.
comunicación → comunicação · información → informação
ue → o
Where Spanish keeps the Latin ue diphthong, Portuguese flattens it to a plain o.
encuentro → encontro · puerta → porta
Spanish h → Portuguese f
Many Spanish words with a silent h come from Latin words that started with f — and Portuguese kept it.
hablar → falar · hacer → fazer
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