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FROM SPANISH TO PORTUGUESE

Portuguese Spanish
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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