After the Portuguese Numbers from 1-100 post, one person commented and asked about ordinals and larger numbers. So today we’re going to work on ordinals, and I’ll do larger numbers next because personally, I find ordinals in Portuguese, especially past 20, to be quite difficult to memorize (even as a Brazilian)!
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Ordinals in Portuguese 1-100
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| 1st |
primeiro |
pre-may-roh |
| 2nd |
segundo |
seh-goon-doh |
| 3rd |
terceiro |
ter-say-roh |
| 4th |
quarto |
ku-ar-toh |
| 5th |
quinto |
keen-toh |
| 6th |
sexto |
says-toh |
| 7th |
sétimo |
seh-chee-moh |
| 8th |
oitavo |
oy-tah-voh |
| 9th |
nono |
noh-nu |
| 10th |
décimo |
dess-ee-moh |
| 11th |
décimo primeiro |
dess-ee-moh-pre-may-roh |
| 12th |
décimo segundo |
dess-ee-moh-seh-goon-doh |
| 20th |
vigésimo |
vee-gess-ee-moh |
| 21st |
vigésimo primeiro |
vee-gess-ee-moh-pre-may-roh |
| 22nd |
vigésimo segundo |
vee-gess-ee-moh-seh-goon-doh |
| 30th |
trigésimo |
tree-gess-ee-moh |
| 40th |
quadragésimo |
kuah-dra-gess-ee-moh |
| 50th |
qüinquagésimo |
ku-een-ku-ah-gess-ee-moh |
| 60th |
sexagésimo |
says-tah-gess-ee-moh |
| 70th |
septuagésimo |
sep-too-ah-gess-ee-moh |
| 80th |
octogésimo |
ock-tah-gess-ee-moh |
| 90th |
nonagésimo |
noh-nah-gess-ee-moh |
| 100th |
centésimo |
sen-tess-ee-moh |
| 101st |
centésimo primeiro |
sem-tess-ee-moh-pre-may-roh |
As you can see, once you get to 30, the numbers get geometric (ex. quadragésimo ~ quadrado)! Also, note the numbers are all masculine here. When the noun is feminine, for all the numbers above, you switch the last “o” of each word with an “a.”
I was also able to find a quiz on Portuguese Ordinals for those of you who’d like some practice on this. Ordinal Numbers: English-Portuguese.
