(Many other nouns ending in -ón and -ión in Spanish will end in the diphthong -ão in Portuguese.)
c. others
Spanish
Portuguese
tan
tão
san
são
The õ diphthong is heard in the common plural ending -ões, which corresponds to Spanish -ones and -iones. Compare these Spanish and Portuguese plurals of nouns listed in (b) above.
Spanish
Portuguese
limones
limões
melones
melões
montones
montões
salones
salões
corazones
corações
condiciones
condições
destinaciones
destinações
secciones
secções
lecciones
lições
The ẽ diphthong often corresponds to the Spanish verb-ending -en. Compare: