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How to Say ‘It's the Brotherhood of Mercy.’ in Portuguese

É a Irmandade da Misericórdia.

eh uh eer-mahn-DAHD dah mee-zeh-ree-COR-dee-ah

[eh uh eer-mahn-DAHD dah mee-zeh-ree-COR-dee-ah]

🇵🇹 In Portugal: The Misericórdia brotherhoods, or Santa Casa da Misericórdia, exist in almost every Portuguese town and still run care homes, hospitals and charities today. Locals often just call it a Misericórdia.

Phrase Breakdown

É a Irmandade

eh uh eer-mahn-DAHD

It's the Brotherhood

Join the vowels together: 'É a Ir-' flows as one.

Example

É a Irmandade do Carmo.

It's the Carmo Brotherhood.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

It is

Used to identify or describe a situation.

Example

É verdade.

It is true.

[uh]

the

Feminine singular definite article, meaning 'the'.

Example

A empresa parece aberta a novas ideias.

The company seems open to new ideas.

Irmandade

[eer-mahn-DAHD]

Brotherhood

Capitalized as part of an institution's name.

Example

A Irmandade do Senhor dos Passos é famosa.

The Brotherhood of Our Lord of the Steps is famous.

da Misericórdia.

dah mee-zeh-ree-COR-dee-ah

of Mercy.

Say 'mi-ze-ri-CÓR-dya'. The 's' between vowels sounds like 'z'.

Example

Trabalho na Santa Casa da Misericórdia.

I work at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia.

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.

Misericórdia

[mee-zeh-ree-COR-dee-ah]

mercy

Compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish.

Example

Pediram misericórdia.

They asked for mercy.

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