plus Past II (Imperfect) forms of regular -ar verbs:
| Spanish | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| tomaba | tomava |
| fumábamos | fumávamos |
| almorzaban | almoçavam |
| etc. | etc. |
4. (z) - Though this sound may be heard occasionally in Spanish, it is not considered by most laymen to be a Spanish sound.
It is very much a Portuguese sound, however, and you will need to get used to using it. It is frequently found between vowels and at the beginning of words. This may be particularly annoying when the words are cognates whose Spanish counterparts have an s sound in the same location.
| casa | caça |
| mesa | meça |
| azul | azul |
| preciso | preciso |
| riqueza | riqueza |
| cero | zero |
| zona | zona |
The z sound also appears between vowels when the second vowel begins the next word, as in /somos americanos/.
For additional practice with the z sound, see Part IV, exercise 11.