3. Between two vowels it is pronounced like gz, as:
- exactamente,
- exornar,
- except in:
- paixão,
- puxo,
- Alexandre,
- baixo,
- and some other words, where it sounds like sh.
The x must be pronounced so softly that it is scarcely audible.
Z sounds like the English, as:
- zelo,
- zona.
- At the end of words it sounds like s, as:
- rapaz,
- luz,
- voz.
5. Double Consonants.
The Portuguese language has the following double consonants:
Ch 1. is pronounced like the English ch, as:
- acho,
- chaga,
- marchar.
2. it is pronounced like k in words derived from Latin or Greek, as: