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How do I pronounce the words in the song Aguas de Marco?

Asked by Comedian (1133points) September 19th, 2009

I really want to singn Aguas de Marco for our school talent show, but I don’t know how to speak Portuguese. I’ve been looking all over for sites that might say how, but all I get is an English translation. It’s a beautiful song and I would hate to butcher it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqI5R6L7ow

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dpworkin's avatar

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is often used by opera singers and other professionals to guide them as to precise pronunciation.

If such transcriptions are available to them, perhaps one may be available to you. I would do an on line search with the terms “IPA” “phonetic transcription” and the name of the song.

Comedian's avatar

thanks i’ll try

Comedian's avatar

if you can get a site that would be great. I’m still looking

dpworkin's avatar

I’ll see what I can find.

Comedian's avatar

thanks. I’ll look too

Comedian's avatar

i“ll check it out thanks

XOIIO's avatar

You spelt “sing” wrong

marumaki's avatar

Try this out: http://www.forvo.com/
It’s a site that teaches how to pronounce words in any foreign language.

marumaki's avatar

Or you could sing the english version. Search Youtube, you’ll find versions by a lot of artists that are also great.

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