diff --git a/lib/route_translator/translator/path.rb b/lib/route_translator/translator/path.rb
index e7082082..2c00c3d5 100644
--- a/lib/route_translator/translator/path.rb
+++ b/lib/route_translator/translator/path.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ def translate(path, locale, scope)
 
         joined_segments = translated_segments.join('/')
 
+        if locale_param_present?(new_path) && locale.to_s.downcase == "pt"
+          joined_segments.gsub!(":#{RouteTranslator.locale_param_key}", "pt-br")
+        end
+
         "/#{joined_segments}#{final_optional_segments}".gsub(%r{\/\(\/}, '(/')
       end
     end