My brother-in-law married a woman from Brazil. They just had a baby boy. The announcement they sent around says the baby's name is Enrico.
So how is his name pronounced in Portuguese? They live far away, so I haven't had opportunity to hear them say the name. I refer to him as 'Enrico' since I am don't speak Portuguese. My mother-in-law keeps correcting me and pronouncing it 'Ahn-HEE-cay.' I know a little Spanish, and in Spanish putting the 'ay' sound at the end makes it feminine. Are the rules the same for Portuguese?
I am content using the english pronunciation, but my mother-in-law insists we say it 'correctly.' But I find American's slaughtering the prounciation of ethnic names trying to sound authentic far more offensive than just saying it in English.
Any thoughts? Help with proper pronunciation?
2007-06-23 01:59:50 · 6 answers · asked by MaxitudesMamma 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hi there! I'm brazilian, and I'll teach you the perfect pronounce for "Enrico".
The "En" sounds like the "ain" of the english word "main", ok?
The "ri" sounds like "hi" in the word "hidden";
In "co", the "c" has sound of "k" an the "o" has sound of "u" like in the word "full" = "ku".
"Ain-hi-ku".
2007-06-23 08:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Saulo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first syllable /en/ will nasalize the e and not pronounce the n. The next /ri/ will sound like English ree (think of see, pee) abd the last syllable /co/ will roughly be equivalent to English coo as in the sound a dove makes.
2007-06-23 02:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by Mark B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your pronunciation is amazingly stable, you purely have a good accessory (merely like me in English, :D).... deliver me a mail and that i will upload you interior the messenger, i like to have buddies who's getting to understand my language, so, i will teach you how to with your Portuguese and be helped with my English. Congrats! Cya
2016-09-28 08:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
En - as in English hen
ri - as in English reek. The stress on on this syllable
co - because this is unstressed, the sound is nearer to English coo as in cool
Your mother-in-law is giving you something close to the pronunciation of Spanish Enrique.
2007-06-23 02:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a popular italian name. It means Henry. It is pronounced 'Ahn-REE-Co.
2007-06-23 02:10:00 · answer #5 · answered by Izzie My Blueberry Nights 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Are the rules the same for Portuguese?"
Are the rules the same for Italian, French, German, and ENGLISH? No, because it's a !d!i!f!f!e!r!e!n!t! !l!a!n!g!u!a!g!e!
2007-06-24 16:58:28 · answer #6 · answered by f_vidigal 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋