Today we’re going to learn numbers in Portuguese from 1-100. I’ve also added the transliteration, or how they’re pronounced, in Brazilian portuguese.
| 1 |
um |
oohm |
| 2 |
dois |
doy-z |
| 3 |
três |
treh-z |
| 4 |
quatro |
kwah-troh |
| 5 |
cinco |
seen-coh |
| 6 |
seis |
say-z |
| 7 |
sete |
seh-chee |
| 8 |
oito |
oy-too |
| 9 |
nove |
noh-vee |
| 10 |
dez |
deh-z |
| 11 |
onze |
ohn-zee |
| 12 |
doze |
doh-zee |
| 13 |
treze |
treh-zee |
| 14 |
quatorze |
kwah-tour-zee |
| 15 |
quinze |
keen-zee |
| 16 |
dezesseis* |
deh-z-ee-say-z |
| 17 |
dezessete* |
deh-z-ee-she-chee |
| 18 |
dezoito |
deh-z-oy-too |
| 19 |
dezenove* |
deh-z-ee-noh-vee |
| 20 |
vinte |
veen-chee |
| 21 |
vinte e um |
veen-chee-oohm |
| 22 |
vinte e dois |
veen-chee-doy-z |
| 30 |
trinta |
treen-tah |
| 40 |
quarenta |
kwah-ren-tah |
| 50 |
cinquenta |
seen-kwen-tah |
| 60 |
sessenta |
seh-sen-tah |
| 70 |
setenta |
seh-ten-tah |
| 80 |
oitenta |
oy-ten-tah |
| 90 |
noventa |
noh-ven-tah |
| 100 |
cem |
say-m |
Numbers in Portuguese are pretty simple as long as you memorize 1-19 and then the “tens,” twenty-one hundred, which, for the most part besides 20, are the root of the single number. Unlike French numbers, there’s no tricky math or anything. The patterns are similar to Italian or Spanish numbers. The starred numbers, 16, 17, and 19 are spelled differently in Portugal, dezasseis, dezassete and dezanove, respectively.
Some people question whether the “e” is correct between “vinte” and “um,” etc. is correct and whether the number “vinte um,” is not correct itself. “Vinte um,” is correct (as is “vinte e um”) when speaking of a quantity of something.
ex,1. Year – ’96 = noventa e seis and not noventa seis
ex,2. Hours – Open 24 hours – Aberto vinte e quatro horas or Aberto vinte quatro horas.
Understandable? Let me know if you have any questions!
Comments:
Gato Ze:
This is great, muito abrigado!!
jaka:
You forgot how to form hundreds… 200, 300, etc… and thousands…
polyana:
i’m saving that + ordinals for my next post! 😉
Sam:
hi,am a male, zimbabwean, i wanna learn portugues , so am looking for friend who can speak or who are also learning portugues .please get in touch with me on my email address thus samuelc@mailbox.co.za male or female friends are welcome.i ussually travell to Mozambique,but i am looking forward to go to portugal very soon.
thcao
takeca
Earl:
In brasil,14 is spelled catorze not with the QU.
Justice:
@Earl It’s Portuguese no Brazil
Jarryd Pietersen:
Hi there, is this your main blog or do you have an actual website, im asking because I want to start learning Portuguese.
Veronicah:
Am happy that today i learnt someting looking forward to learn more
silungile:
I want to learn portuguise, my husband is from mozambique. want to b able to communicate with most people in portuguise. we use mostly English at the moment.
Cailie:
It’s misleading to use the “m” in the pronunciation part because the sound of “m” is definitely not pronounced as it is in english.
Emmi Rose:
Thanks so much. The transliteration is VERY appreciated 🙂
It’s exactly what i was looking for and I’m definitely coming back next time I have a question.
Ashley:
It was very helpful since I left my book in school in my locker and I needed the numbers for an assignment thank you
sandy:
muito obrigado