Definitions
1.LetterThe eighth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called agá and written in the Latin script.
silent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only"hoje, hábito, hipnose, hotel; coherente (now coerente); thesouro (now tesouro), phalange (now falange), rheumatismo (now reumatismo), Cynthia (alongside Cíntia); thesoura (now tesoura), Nathalia; hardcore, hacker, hall; cheio, alho, banho; hir (now ir), he (now é); ih! oh!; hahaha! aham, hue hue; eh (standard é), Feh (standard Fê), fazeh (standard fazer); sahir (now sair), bahia (now baía)"
2.Lettersilent letter used mainly in words derived from Latin, Greek and other Romance languages; word-initial only"hoje, hábito, hipnose, hotel; coherente (now coerente); thesouro (now tesouro), phalange (now falange), rheumatismo (now reumatismo), Cynthia (alongside Cíntia); thesoura (now tesoura), Nathalia"
3.Lettersilent letter used word-medially in loanwords"coherente (now coerente)"
4.Letterused in the Hellenistic digraphs th, ph and rh"thesouro (now tesouro), phalange (now falange), rheumatismo (now reumatismo), Cynthia (alongside Cíntia)"
5.Letterused in words perceived to be Hellenisms"thesoura (now tesoura), Nathalia"
6.Letterrepresents /h/ in most recent loanwords from other languages, most commonly English"hardcore, hacker, hall"
7.Letterused in the digraphs ch, lh and nh, where it indicates a palatal or post-alveolar pronunciation"cheio, alho, banho"
8.Lettersilent letter used word-initially in monosyllabic verbs with no attack"hir (now ir), he (now é)"
9.Lettersilent letter used syllable-finally in some interjections"ih! oh!"
10.Letterrepresents /h/ in some expressive terms"hahaha! aham, hue hue"
11.Letterused as a replacement for the acute or circumflex accent, or silent infinitive -r, indicating stress"eh (standard é), Feh (standard Fê), fazeh (standard fazer)"
12.Lettersilent letter used to mark some hiatus"sahir (now sair), bahia (now baía)"
13.Nounabbreviation of hora
used to indicate time in relation to a 24-hour clock"O evento é hoje, às 20h; 09h30; O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s"
14.Nounused to indicate time in relation to a 24-hour clock"O evento é hoje, às 20h; 09h30"
15.Nounused to indicate any sequence of time in hours"O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s"