Numbers vocabulary Números
22 Portuguese words on the topic of numbers — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. From 0 to a million.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | zero | zero | |
 | one | um | Both 'one' and the article 'a': um livro / uma casa. |
 | two | dois | Gendered: dois/duas. |
 | three | três | The circumflex marks a closed e: três. |
 | four | quatro | Same family: quarto — fourth, and also a (bed)room. |
 | five | cinco | The in is nasal: roughly 'SEEN-koo' in Brazil. |
 | six | seis | In Brazilian phone numbers 6 is usually read as meia (from meia dúzia, half a dozen). |
 | seven | sete | In Brazil final -te sounds like 'chee': sete ≈ 'SEH-chee'. |
 | eight | oito | Related: oitenta (eighty). |
 | nine | nove | Related: noventa (ninety). |
 | ten | dez | cf. dezembro (December). 🔗 RootSame Latin root as decimal. |
 | eleven | onze | The -ze ending runs through the series: onze, doze, treze, quinze. |
 | twelve | doze | Looks like English 'doze' but means twelve; in Brazil pronounced 'DOH-zee'. |
 | fifteen | quinze | The u after q is silent: 'KEEN-zee' in Brazil. |
 | twenty | vinte | In Brazil pronounced 'VEEN-chee' (final -te → 'chee'). |
 | twenty-one | vinte e um | Tens always link with e: vinte e dois, trinta e três; agrees in gender: vinte e uma casas. |
 | thirty | trinta | |
 | forty | quarenta | Tens 40–90 all end in -enta: quarenta, cinquenta, sessenta… |
 | fifty | cinquenta | Unlike quinze, here the u is pronounced: 'seen-KWEN-tah'. |
 | hundred | cem | cem is exactly 100; from 101: cento e um. |
 | thousand | mil | No 'one' before it: mil, never *um mil*; invariable in the plural: dois mil. |
 | million | o milhão | Needs de before a noun: um milhão de pessoas; plural milhões. |