Em outra ocasião falamos a respeito de Homográfos. Agora, por solicitação de um estudante, geramos uma relação mais abrangente.

Vale relembrar que os homógrafos ingleses estão presente em nosso dia a dia. Por isso, recomendo que memorize a pronúncia deles, principalmente quando for falar homógrafos encontrados em nosso supermercado. 🙂 Sabendo pronunciá-los corretamente, você expressa seu pensamento com precisão e seu ouvinte agradece.

Homógrafos são palavras escritas de mesmo modo, mas que possuem diferentes pronúncias e diferentes significados.

articulate
/ɑɹˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/ (v) The tourists are the ones who always try to articulate every syllable when they speak the language.
/ɑɹˈtɪkjələt/ (a) In one decade, the image of youth went from radicals uttering rage-filled rhetoric to the much less articulate valley girl or surfer wannabe.

Desodorante Axe
axes
/ˈæk.səz/ (v) The lumberjack axes the trees to the ground. (third-person singular simple present of to axe/ax)
/ˈæk.səz/ (n) I cut down the tree with two axes. (plural of axe/ax)
/ˈæk.siz/ (n) The x and y axes intersect at (0,0). (plural of axis)

Creme Dental Close Up
close
/kloʊz/ (v) Cliff still has to close his eyes to be able to eat calamari.
/kloʊs/ (a) It seemed that the story in the newspaper had hit a little too close to home.

concert
AmE /’kɑn.sɚt/ BrE /ˈkɒn.sət/ (n) We saw the kd lang in concert.
AmE /kən.ˈsɝt/ BrE /kən.ˈsɜt/ (v) We had to concert all our energy to stay awake.

confines
/ˈkɒn.fɑɪnz/ (n pl) Work within the confines of the contract.
/kən.ˈfɑɪnz/ (v) But the contract confines my creativity!

conflict
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/ (n) The mother said to her belligerent son, “Violence is no way to resolve conflict!”
/kən.ˈflɪkt/ (v) The two news reports seem to conflict each other.

console
AmE /’kɑn.soʊl/ BrE /ˈkɒn.səʊl/ (n) The boy was addicted to playing on his video game console.
AmE /kən.ˈsoʊl/ BrE /kən.ˈsəʊl/ (v) Since they had raised him from birth, Jack and Jill had to console each other after their dog died.

contract
/ˈkɑntɹækt/ (n) The contract was supposed to expire seven years after it was signed.
/kənˈtɹækt/ (v) Derek firmly stated that he would rather contract pneumonia and die than stand outside wearing that ridiculous pink and green poncho.

desert
/də.ˈzɝt/ (v) To desert the military is a crime.
/ˈdɛ.zɚt/ (n) The Gobi is a large desert in Asia.

do
/du/, /də/ (v) What do you think you are doing?
/doʊ/ (n) To warm-up, the singer sang the scale from do.

does
/dʌz/ (v) When someone does something right it does not make headlines, but when someone does something wrong it does.
/doʊz/ (n) Even during hunting season, the hunters are required by law to shoot only the bucks and not the does.

Sabonete Dove
dove
/dʌv/ (n) The dove is a kind of bird.
/doʊv/ (v) He dove into the pool. (BrE uses “dived” instead)

Sucos Minute Maid
minute
/ˈmɪnət/ (n) The guests are going to start flooding in any minute now.
/maɪˈnut/ (a) Though I thought the sandals all looked the same color, Tiffany had to explain the minute differences between umber, burnt umber and terracotta.

polish
AmE /ˈpɑ.ləʃ/ BrE /ˈpɒ.lɪʃ/ (v) You need to polish those boots.
AmE /ˈpoʊ.ləʃ/ BrE /ˈpəʊ.lɪʃ/ (a) I’m of Polish ancestry.

present
/ˈprɛ.zənt/ (a) All need to be present for a unanimous vote.
/ˈprɛ.zənt/ (n) I need to buy my sister a present for her birthday.
/ˈprɛ.zənt/ (n) “He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.” (Friedrich Schiller)
/prə.ˈzɛnt/ (v) He will present his ideas to the Board of Directors tomorrow.

Veja lista de outros homográfos

absent affect attribute clear combine commune compact compost compound compress conduct conscript consort construct consult content contest contract

contrast converse convert convict default defect digest discharge dismount display effect entrance exploit extract finance impact implant import

impound incline increase insert insult intercept interchange intrigue invalid invite object moped offense overcount overlay overlook perfect perfume

permit pervert proceeds progress project protest purpose quarry rebel recall recap recess redress refund regress reject relapse remake

research retake retard retract rose skied subject survey suspect transfer transform transplant transport transpose undercount update uplift upset yard

That’s all for now. Fico por aqui. Se tiver algo para acrescentar ou corrigir, por favor, envie seu comentário.