Spanish and Portuguese share many similarities. Many words with an o in Spanish have an ou in Portuguese. The value of the ou in Portuguese can be that of a diphthong, but many Portuguese speakers now produce a monophthong. In the case of the monophthtong, it has a higher tongue position than in Spanish.
Here are ten words which illustrate the pattern in Spanish and Portuguese:
o ou (or)
dorado dourado (golden)
oro ouro (gold)
otro outro (other)
otoño outono (autumn)
poco pouco (little)
robo roubo (robbery)
ropa roupa (clothes)
tesoro tesouro (treasure)
toro touro (bull)
Spanish and Portuguese are closely related languages. Their vocabulary is often very similar to that of Latin. This is reflected in aurum, autumna and paucus, the Latin words for gold, autumn and little.
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