Portuguese | Spanish |
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provar | probar |
prOvo, prOva(m) | pruebo, prueba(n) |
almoçar | almorzar |
almOço, almOça(m) | almuerzo, almuerza(n) |
mostrar | mostrar |
mOstro, mOstra(m) | muestro, muestra(n) |
negar | negar |
nEgo, nEga(m) | niego, niega(n) |
começar | comenzar |
comEço, comEça(m) | comienzo, comienza(n) |
nevar | nevar |
nEva | nieva |
chover | llover |
chOve | llueve |
(In -ir verbs, these correspondences are observable only in 3rd person forms.)
Portuguese | Spanish |
---|---|
preferir | preferir |
prEfEre(m) | prefiere(n) |
divertir | divertir |
divErte(m) | divierte(n) |
dormir | dormir |
dOrme(m) | duerme(n) |
Notice below, however, that in verbs where the Spanish vowel-to-diphthong change is followed by an n in the same syllable, the Portuguese cognate is likely to have a nasal vowel instead of an open O or E. (Começar in the above list is an exception.) The verbs that follow are irregular in Spanish. Only sentir and mentir are irregular in Portuguese. (The irregularity is the nasal ĩ in the 1st person singular.)
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