With over 200 million Portuguese speaking people in the world, there might come a day you’d like to tell one they are beautiful. “You are beautiful” in English translates to “você é bonito” in Portuguese. Of course, there may be alternate versions and pronunciations. Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese spoken in Portugal vary with differences in vocabulary, pronunciation and syntax.
Instructions
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Você é: Pronounce vo-say-ah. The “vo” has a long o sound.
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Bonito, which means beautiful: Pronounce: bo-ni-to. Or, for another pronunciation, put the following three English words together: bow – knee – toe.
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Say all together: vo-say-ah-bow-knee-toe. Which will be spelled “você é bonito”.