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How do you say 'too big' in brazilian portuguese?


and spell it how its spelt, and also how to pronounce it.

thnks

It is:
Muito grande - (mui - tu gran-dee)

"too big" in brazilian portuguese spells:

grande demais (grande=big, too=demais)

Pronounciation:

grande => grand-ge (the "a" sounds like the a in "bar", the "-ge" like in "orange")

demais => de-mice (the "ice" sounds like in "rice")

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Additional Information:
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The other answers are not really wrong but also not quite right

muito grande = very big
grand茫o = huge, really big, ...
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mu-i-to gran-de
understand

grand茫o

the correct answer is from hanno nyn. the explanation concerning the difference between grande, grande demais e muito grande is perfect. also the pronunciation key is correct - for brazilian portuguese.
i am a native brazilian.

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