---
license: other
license_name: infopedia-derived
license_link: https://www.infopedia.pt/
language:
- pt
tags:
- portuguese
- european-portuguese
- pronunciation
- ipa
- phonetics
- g2p
- homographs
- heterophones
- lexicon
- infopedia
pretty_name: European Portuguese Heterophonic Homographs (Infopédia)
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files: infopedia_pt.csv
---

# European Portuguese Heterophonic Homographs — Infopédia

Full European-Portuguese dictionary data for a curated set of **heterophonic
homographs**: words spelled identically but pronounced differently depending on
the reading (e.g. *sede* `ˈsɛdɨ` "seat" vs `ˈsedɨ` "thirst"; *jogo* `ˈʒoɡu`
"game" vs `ˈʒɔɡu` "I play"). The open/closed stressed-vowel contrast (`ɔ/o`,
`ɛ/e`) is the core disambiguation axis for Portuguese grapheme-to-phoneme (G2P).

One **row per reading**: each homograph contributes a row for its noun/adjective
reading and a row for its verb reading. Verb-reading definitions are taken from
the **verb-infinitive** entry (e.g. the verb row for *arrojo* carries the senses
of *arrojar*), so every meaning of every reading is covered.

## Columns

| column | description |
|--------|-------------|
| `word` | the homograph headword |
| `sense` | reading slug (`noun` / `verb` / `adj` / `adp`, or a meaning slug for lexical pairs) |
| `pos` | part of speech of the reading (`NOUN`, `VERB`, `ADJ`, `ADP`) |
| `ipa` | European-Portuguese IPA of that reading |
| `lemma` | verb infinitive (for verb readings; empty otherwise) |
| `syllabification` | dot-separated syllables |
| `etymology` | etymological note |
| `definitions` | all sense definitions for the reading, `; `-joined |
| `url` | source Infopédia page |
| `sinonimos` | synonyms (`\|`-joined) |
| `rimas` | rhymes (`\|`-joined) |
| `vizinhas` | alphabetically neighbouring words |
| `parecidas` | similar words |
| `relacionadas` | related words |
| `traducoes` | translations |
| `pesquisa` | search suggestions |

## How it was built

Compiled with the open-source [**pyinfopedia**](https://github.com/TigreGotico/pyinfopedia)
client, which parses entries from the Infopédia online dictionary — including
every pronunciation/POS reading and the sidebar related-word lists — and the
[*verbos-portugueses*](https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/verbos-portugueses)
conjugation dictionary to confirm verbs and resolve verb-reading definitions.

## Source & attribution

Lexicographic content (definitions, IPA, syllabification, etymology, related
words) is sourced from **Infopédia – Dicionários Porto Editora**
(<https://www.infopedia.pt>), **© Porto Editora**. This is a derived dataset
compiled for **European-Portuguese G2P / phonetics research**; it is **not
affiliated with or endorsed by Porto Editora**. The underlying dictionary
content remains the property of Porto Editora — please consult and respect
Infopédia's terms of use. The `url` column links each entry to its source page.

## Related projects

- [**bifonia**](https://github.com/TigreGotico/bifonia) — European-Portuguese
  heterophonic-homograph disambiguation for G2P (consumes this dataset's IPA).
- [**pyinfopedia**](https://github.com/TigreGotico/pyinfopedia) — the typed
  Infopédia client used to build it.

## Citation

```
@misc{infopedia_pt_heterophones,
  title  = {European Portuguese Heterophonic Homographs (Infopédia)},
  author = {TigreGotico},
  note   = {Lexicographic content © Porto Editora / Infopédia; compiled via pyinfopedia},
  url    = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/TigreGotico/infopedia-pt-heterophones}
}
```