These terms help you read the listening and grammar guides.
- Nasal vowel
- A vowel produced with air passing through the nose as well as the mouth.
- False friend
- A word that resembles a word in another language but differs in meaning or use.
- Vowel reduction
- A change in the quality or duration of a vowel in an unstressed syllable.
- Personal infinitive
- An infinitive that can have endings indicating its subject.
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Jibber Jabber. "Portuguese listening glossary." Comprehensible Input Portuguese, updated 2026-11-09. https://comprehensibleinputportuguese.com/glossary/