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FROM SPANISH TO PORTUGUESE

2. Nasal Diphthongs

The nasal vowels õ, , and õ combine with the vowel sounds i and u to form four nasal diphthongs:

(A fifth diphthong, üi, appears only in the word muito.)

The õu diphthong is very useful. It corresponds to the Spanish verb endings -án, -an, and -on. It also corresponds to Spanish noun endings -ón and -ión. Observe the samples below. Additional practice is available in exercises 4, 5, and 6, Part IV.

a. Third person plural verb forms:

Spanish Portuguese (spelling)
pasan passam
pasaban passavam
pasarán passarão
pasarían passariam
pasaron passaram
van vão
dan dão
digan digam
reciban recebam
están estão
son são

b. Nouns:

Spanish Portuguese
limón limão
melón melão
montón montão

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