Portuguese numbers, days and dates: 25 words for telling the time

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Prices, appointments, opening hours and birthdays all depend on the same small set of words. Note that Portugal writes days of the week and months in lower case, and that Monday is "segunda-feira" — literally "the second day".

Where you will use it: Prices, appointments, opening hours and dates.

Numbers, dates and time in Portuguese — The word list

Meanings and translations are in English.

Portuguese	Meaning and example
segunda-feira	Monday.“A loja abre na segunda-feira.”The shop opens on Monday.
terça-feira	Tuesday.“Tenho uma consulta na terça-feira.”I have an appointment on Tuesday.
quarta-feira	Wednesday.“Vamos ao cinema na quarta-feira.”We're going to the cinema on Wednesday.
quinta-feira	Thursday.“Chego a Lisboa na quinta-feira.”I arrive in Lisbon on Thursday.
sexta-feira	Friday.“O jantar fica para sexta-feira.”We'll have dinner on Friday instead.
sábado	Saturday.“Trabalho ao sábado de manhã.”I work on Saturday mornings.
domingo	Sunday.“Almoçamos juntos ao domingo.”We have lunch together on Sundays.
janeiro	January.“Em janeiro faz frio aqui.”It's cold here in January.
fevereiro	February.“O meu aniversário é em fevereiro.”My birthday is in February.
março	March.“As aulas começam em março.”Classes start in March.
abril	April.“Vou de férias em abril.”I'm going on holiday in April.
maio	May.“A minha irmã casa em maio.”My sister is getting married in May.
junho	June.“Os dias são longos em junho.”The days are long in June.
julho	July.“Em julho vamos ao Algarve.”We're going to the Algarve in July.
agosto	August.“O escritório fecha em agosto.”The office closes in August.
setembro	September.“As crianças voltam à escola em setembro.”The children go back to school in September.
outubro	October.“Mudo de casa em outubro.”I'm moving house in October.
novembro	November.“Em novembro costumo levar um guarda-chuva.”I usually carry an umbrella in November.
dezembro	December.“Em dezembro visitamos a família.”We visit the family in December.
vinte e um	Twenty-one.“O bilhete custa vinte e um euros.”The ticket costs twenty-one euros.
trinta e dois	Thirty-two.“A minha irmã tem trinta e dois anos.”My sister is thirty-two years old.
cem	One hundred.“Esta sala tem cem lugares.”This room has one hundred seats.
mil	One thousand.“A renda é de mil euros.”The rent is one thousand euros.
meia-noite	Midnight.“O filme acaba à meia-noite.”The film ends at midnight.
às três e um quarto	At quarter past three.“Encontramo-nos às três e um quarto.”We'll meet at quarter past three.

Tips for learning Portuguese words

Learn the article with the nounWrite o comboio or a paragem, not just the noun: the article tells you the gender, and adjectives agree with it.
Listen before you speakEuropean Portuguese swallows many unstressed vowels, so words sound shorter than they look. Play the audio and repeat each example aloud.
Type the accentsIn WordNest a missing accent counts as a mistake. Typing água, não and amanhã correctly from the start saves relearning them later.

European, not Brazilian Portuguese

Portugal and Brazil share one language but differ in everyday words, pronunciation and grammar: a train is a comboio in Portugal and a trem in Brazil, and "I am eating" is estou a comer rather than estou comendo. WordNest teaches the Portugal variety — example sentences, pronunciation and AI corrections all follow Portugal's norms.

Add five or six of these words a day rather than the whole list at once, keep the example sentence on the card, and review them when they come due. WordNest schedules each word across seven growing intervals — same day, then 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days — so the list is still with you months later. Read how spaced repetition works if you want the reasoning behind those numbers.

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Questions about this list

Is this European or Brazilian Portuguese?

European Portuguese, as spoken in Portugal. Where Brazil uses a different word, the list gives the Portugal one — for example comboio instead of trem.

How do I practise Numbers, dates and time in Portuguese?

Start with five words, listen and say each example aloud. Then recall the Portuguese word from its English meaning and review it over several days.

How many words are in this list?

This list contains 25 words and phrases with English meanings and example sentences. It is a starting set, not a complete course.

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