Does Br.Portuguese sound euphoniously than Spanish?

Portuguese Descent   Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:16 am GMT
Does Brazilian Portuguese sound less euphoniously than Argentine Spanish?
Portuguese Descent   Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:20 am GMT
I just want to compare Argentine Spanish with Brazilian Portuguese, NOT to compare European Spanish with European Portuguese.
Guest   Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:19 pm GMT
What do you mean?
Euphonic?

São Paulo accent of Braz. Portuguese has the same Italian intonation like Argentinian Spanish, Rio accent is different, Bahia & Espírito Santo accents are more relaxed and French-sounding. Southern accents are very harsh, Castillian sounding. Too many accents in Brazil to generalize.
PARISIEN   Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:10 pm GMT
Brazilian Portuguese sounds more Spanish/Italian, more Mediterranean, more "Southern Europe". More clearly articulated, more sonorous. Much less outlandish than Portugal's Portuguese, which has a definite and unexpected Slavic taste.

In some way, Brazilian Portuguese would fit better in the Iberian peninsula... (No offence intended to the citizens of Portugal)
Guest   Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:36 am GMT
(São Paulo accent of Braz. Portuguese has the same Italian intonation like Argentinian Spanish, Rio accent is different, Bahia & Espírito Santo accents are more relaxed and French-sounding. Southern accents are very harsh, Castillian sounding. Too many accents in Brazil to generalize.)


Is São Paulo accent more widely spoken than Rio de Janeiro accent?
Is São Paulo accent a little more popular than Rio de Janeiro accent?
Which accent is regarded as Standard Brazilian Portuguese in Brazil?
Which accent sounds the most beautifully in Brazilian people's mind?
kara   Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:43 am GMT
Brazilian Portuguese sounds softly and nasally than European one.
Guest   Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:48 am GMT
-Which accent is regarded as Standard Brazilian Portuguese in Brazil? -

Most newscasters use a mix of São Paulo and Rio Portuguese, but that mix is so similar to the real accent used in Brazilian Capital - Brasília.

Famous anchorwoman Ana Paulo Padrão is from Brasília, and she uses her native accent on Brazilian news.

Some features of Rio accent (like pronouncing sh instead of s) or São Paulo Portuguese (using American-sounding r) is not allowed on national news
Guest   Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:07 pm GMT
As usual a load of nonsense! São Paulo accent has no Italian intonation. You just have to listen to old Italian immigrants living in São Paulo. After twenty or thirty years they still do not get a brazilian accent or intonation, but their children do.