How to pronounce João
Portuguese · Brazil
IPA: /ʒuˈɐ̃w̃/
- Jozhoo
- ãoOW (nasal) (stressed)
Voice: synthetic.
Stress
Jo·ão
Second syllable: the nasal OW.
The common mistake
- Not
JOE-ow - Not
joe-AH-oh
But zhoo-OW, through the nose
Origin and meaning
The Portuguese form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan.
Meaning: “God is gracious”
Variants and namesakes
- Portugal: /ˈʒwɐ̃w̃/
- Often one syllable: zhwow.
- Joana
- The feminine form.
Sources
- Syllables
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/João
- The common mistake
- Worked out from the IPA (Wiktionary): [ʒ] and the nasal diphthong [ɐ̃w̃].
- Meaning
- behindthename.com/name/john
- Variants and namesakes
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/João (Portugal IPA; Joana)
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