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Are there any free, online Portuguese dictionaries (more complete than wikcionário) which provide IPA transcriptions?

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    @Filmsy You could try this one here; it belongs to Porto Editora, a very important publisher in Portugal: http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/
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    Commented Jul 18, 2015 at 8:56
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    @Frank What a shame. :/ I'd like to answer this question even though the answer might be ephemeral. But I think a comment will suffice in this case! :)
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    Some sites also handle resource requests on their meta page.
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    @Frank I've reopened this question for now because we have not yet had the necessary community discussion about whether this sort of request is on-topic here, or on our meta, or nowhere at all. It it turns out it should be on our meta instead, we can always migrate it.
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    co.it.pt/~labfala/g2p
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If you are looking for the phonetic transcriptions look no further:

http://www.portaldalinguaportuguesa.org/index.php?action=fonetica&act=list&region=lbx

If you are on linux, you could also use espeak to generate a transcription (not exactly IPA, but useful):

espeak phonetic transcription

And as @Flimzy pointed out, espeak does generate IPA with the --ipa option. Even though it is far from precise, it is still useful if your goal is improving your pronunciation.

Note: Please be more specific with your question. For example, explain why you need a phonetic dictionary that is online (and, probably, accessible through a browser), explain why the resources you have found do not suit your needs. Being more specific will help other people trying to help you, avoid trial-and-error answers (like this one) and simply make the board better.

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    espeak does output IPA with the --ipa option, but it (like the rest of its transcriptions) aren't very accurate.
    – Flimzy
    Commented Nov 15, 2015 at 10:19
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    It says here that portal is still under test, and it certainly gives some controversial pronunciations for Lisbon. It renders Pateta as /pɐˈtɛtɐ/. I've always heard /paˈtɛtɐ/], Ovelha is /u.vˈɐ.ʎɐ/. This one varies, but infopédia at least gives two: /ɔˈvɐ(j)ʎɐ, uˈveʎɐ/, and I like them better.
    – Jacinto
    Commented Nov 15, 2015 at 11:05
  • portaldalinguaportuguesa.org is very helpful. It allows the user to specify a region, so I was able to find the IPA notation for some Portuguese words as spoken in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. (I'd like to find a free, online speech synthesizer that can speak IPA, so I can double check the IPA sounds the way I expect.)
    – Mr. Lance E Sloan
    Commented Oct 2, 2017 at 15:34
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I also found this research project where they created a pronunciation dictionary for Brazilian Portuguese (São Paulo City dialect). You can download the result as an Excel sheet. However, I can't judge its accuracy.

Aeiouadô: a pronunciation dictionary for Brazilian Portuguese

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