6 words that you probably always commented wrong and did not know

Many people spend their lives repeating these terms incorrectly, without even imagining the correct way to speak

Have you ever wondered how many words we use every day without being sure we’re talking right?

Some are so common that we don’t even realize when we miss the pronunciation.

And the most curious: a lot of people spend their lives repeating these words, without even imagining that it is wrong.

6 words that you probably always commented wrong and did not know

1. Free

This is classic. Many speak “gratuito”, but this pronunciation is wrong.

The correct way to say is “free”, with the closed “i”, that is, gra-tui-to.

Meaning: Something that is free, that does not need to pay.

2. Ibero

Have you heard someone say “ibero”, with “i” very strong in the beginning? Yeah, a lot of people talk like that.

But the correct thing is to pronounce “Ibero”, with the short “i”, almost as if it were “ê”: ê-ber.

Meaning: Refers to the Iberian Peninsula, that is, to the region that includes Portugal and Spain.

3. Record

Here is another word that many people end up wrong.

Many pronounce “report,” as if they were reading in English.

But in Portuguese, the correct is record, with the sound opened in the “o”: re-found.

Meaning: Maximum or minimum mark recorded in some activity, such as sports.

4.

In the health area, this word is widely used. But a lot of people speak “catheter”, with the accent in the second “e”. The right pronunciation is catheter, with the tonic syllable in the “te”: ca-tê-ter.

Meaning: Fine and flexible tube used in medical procedures to introduce or remove fluids from the body.

5. Column

This one generates controversy. There are people who speak “rubile”, with the tonic in “rí”. But the correct form is head, with the emphasis on the “UK”: Ru-Arro.

Meaning: Abbreviated signature or signal made to validate documents.

6. Asterisk

You have probably heard (or even spoke) “asteristic.”

But that word, with the sound of “is-the-ath” in the end, simply does not exist.

The correct thing is asterisk, pronounced like this: as-ter-ris.

Meaning: that star -shaped symbol

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