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How to Say ‘The Pena Palace’ in Portuguese

O Palácio da Pena

oo puh-LAH-syoo dah PEH-nah

[oo puh-LAH-syoo dah PEH-nah]

💬 Usage Tip: de + a becomes da: o Palácio da Pena. With a masculine name it's do, as in o Castelo dos Mouros "the Moorish Castle".

Phrase Breakdown

O Palácio

oo puh-LAH-syoo

The Palace

'Palácio' means 'palace' and is stressed on 'LA': 'oo pa-LAH-syoo'.

Example

O palácio é enorme.

The palace is huge.

Words in this phrase

[oo]

the

A masculine singular definite article used before nouns.

Example

O prazer de participar foi grande.

The pleasure of taking part was great.

Palácio

[puh-LAH-syoo]

palace

Masculine noun for a grand royal residence.

Example

O palácio da Pena é colorido.

The Pena palace is colourful.

da Pena

dah PEH-nah

of Pena

'Da' is 'de' + 'a' and means 'of the'. Pena Palace is the colourful palace in Sintra. Say 'da PEH-na'.

Example

O parque da Pena é bonito.

Pena Park is beautiful.

Words in this phrase

[dah]

of the

Contraction of de + a, used before a feminine singular noun.

Example

Em «Da» nossa conversa, a contração soa natural em português.

In “of our conversation,” the contraction sounds natural in Portuguese.

Pena

[PEH-nah]

Pena (place name)

Proper name of the hill and palace in Sintra; here not 'pity'.

Example

Subimos à Serra da Pena.

We climbed up to the Pena hills.

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