how do you pronounce pocas?

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how do you pronounce pocas?

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as in porto pocas, with that little symbol under the c.
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POH-sah-SH .... is my understanding.
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in Portuguese the character Ç - (C with that little symbol underneath), reads like the sound of character S.
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I asked a Brazillian, and she said that it was either "posas" or "posash", depending on accent.
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