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FROM SPANISH TO PORTUGUESE

Spanish Portuguese
salón salão
corazón coração
condición condição
destinación destinação
sección secção
lección lição

(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 diphthong often corresponds to the Spanish verb-ending -en. Compare:

Spanish Portuguese (spelling)
viven vivem
venden vendem
manden mandem
viviesen vivessem

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