Time and Days vocabulary Tempo e Dias
19 Portuguese words on the topic of time and days — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. When? Time words and the days — weekdays are numbered: segunda-feira (2nd), terça-feira (3rd)…
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | today | hoje | The h is silent and j sounds like the s in 'measure'; hoje em dia = nowadays. |
 | yesterday | ontem | Final -em is nasal; anteontem = the day before yesterday. |
 | tomorrow | amanhã | nh sounds like ny in 'canyon'; written apart, a manhã = the morning — amanhã de manhã = tomorrow morning. |
 | now | agora | agora mesmo = right now; por agora = for now. |
 | later | depois | Takes de before an infinitive: depois de comer = after eating. |
 | always | sempre | para sempre = forever; como sempre = as always. |
 | never | nunca | Double negative is standard: não vou nunca = I never go. |
 | sometimes | às vezes | The grave accent (às) marks a + as merged; uma vez = once, duas vezes = twice. |
 | week | a semana | fim de semana = weekend. |
 | month | o mês | The plural drops the circumflex: os meses. |
 | year | o ano | Ano Novo = New Year; fazer anos = to have a birthday. |
 | day | o dia | Exception: ends in -a but masculine — o dia, bom dia. |
 | Sunday | o domingo | Weekdays are numbered: segunda-feira to sexta-feira; only sábado and domingo keep names. |
 | Monday | a segunda-feira | shortened to segunda in speech. 🔗 RootLiterally 'second market day'. |
 | Tuesday | a terça-feira | Note terça, not terceira ('third'); just terça in speech. |
 | Wednesday | a quarta-feira | just quarta in speech. 🔗 RootLiterally 'fourth market day'. |
 | Thursday | a quinta-feira | Just quinta in speech. 🇵🇹 Portugalon its own, a quinta also means a farm or estate in Portugal. |
 | Friday | a sexta-feira | The x here sounds like s/sh, not ks; Sexta-feira Santa = Good Friday. |
 | Saturday | o sábado | stress on the first syllable. 🔗 RootFrom Hebrew 'Shabbat' via Latin sabbatum. |