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How to pronounce "director" in Portuguese

director is pronounced with standard Portuguese phonetics in Portuguese, with primary stress on the “DI” syllable. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 13 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

DI·rec·tor

Primary stress: di

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é Director de investigação no cnrs e organiza palestras sobre a Europa acusado de blasfêmia no país de origem

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The Portuguese word “director”. Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (di · rec · tor), with primary lexical stress placed on the 1st (initial) syllable (di). Grammatically, “director” functions as a adj. SayItVid indexes 13 authentic Portuguese video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “director” in natural connected speech, including verified broadcasts from Euronews em Português.

Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)

  • 🇵🇹 PTEuronews em Português
    Clip #1 · @0:24
    “cidadania Francesa e viver em Paris onde é Director de investigação no cnrs e organiza palestras sobre a Europa acusado de blasfêmia no país de origem organiza palestras sobre a Europa”
  • 🇵🇹 PTEuronews em Português
    Clip #2 · @0:40
    “chegar nesta tarde o movimento e o director da cdn autodeterminação caminho do estado espanhol continua a ligar a seja qual for o resultado destas do estado espanhol continua a ligar a”
  • 🇵🇹 PTEuronews em Português
    Clip #3 · @0:14
    “espalhado mais de 400 mil litros de crude ao longo de seis quilômetros da praia 14 quilômetros de oceano segundo o director dos serviços praia 14 quilômetros de oceano”
  • 🇵🇹 PTEuronews em Português
    Clip #4 · @3:21
    “mussum coreano leonino prós jorge director júri é composto por diretores do teatro então vão contratar os com certeza hoje em dia é muito difícil encontrar um teatro onde não”
  • 🇵🇹 PTEuronews em Português
    Clip #5 · @45:20
    “mico ordem de uma forma global para o que estamos a tentar fazer com esses babacas então recorda o director da babacas então recorda o director da”

Definition & Meaning: “director”

Audio
ADJ
  • pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Example Sentences (2)

  • “é Director de investigação no cnrs e organiza palestras sobre a Europa acusado de blasfêmia no país de origem”
  • “director da cdn autodeterminação caminho do estado espanhol continua a ligar a seja qual for o resultado destas”

Pronounce: “director”

Syllables:
di · rec · tor
Primary stress:
di
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How do you pronounce “director” in Portuguese?

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What does “director” mean?

“director” means: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of diretor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling