Portuguese 2.10. Times & Seasons

In this lesson, we study times and seasons in Portuguese.

Days & Weeks

A day in Portuguese is “um dia,” and a week is “uma semana.” The days of the week or “os dias da semana” are:

Monday	segunda-feiraf	Friday	sexta-feiraf
Tuesday	terça-feiraf	Saturday	sábadom
Wednesday	quarta-feiraf	Sunday	domingom
Thursday	quinta-feiraf	weekend	fimm de semana

Today is “hoje,” and tomorrow is “amanhã,” followed by “dia depois de amanhã” (the day after tomorrow). Yesterday is “ontem,” preceded by “anteontem” (the day before yesterday).

Tonight is “esta noite” (literally this night), last night is “noite passada” or “ontem à noite,” and tomorrow night is “manhã à noite” (literally tomorrow at night).

The main periods of the day are “manhã” (morning), “tarde” (afternoon), and “noite” (night). We generally use the preposition “de” to say “de manhã /tarde/noite” (in the morning/afternoon or at night), or the preposition “por” to say “pela manhã /tarde/noite.”

Notice also that “manhã” means morning, whereas “amanhã” means tomorrow. For example, “tomorrow morning” is “amanhã de manhã.”

Months & Years

A month in

Portuguese is “um mês” and a year is “um ano.” A decade is “uma década,” and a century is “um século.”

The months of the year or “os meses do ano” are:

January	janeiro	July	julho
February	fevereiro	August	agosto
March	março	September	setembro
April	abril	October	outubro
May	maio	November	novembro
June	junho	December	dezembro

Notice from the two tables above that the days and months are not capitalized in Portuguese, and they are all masculine.

Seasons

Finally, a season in

Portuguese is “uma estação.” The seasons of the year or “as estações do ano” are:

autumn, fall	outonom	summer	verãom
spring	primaveraf	winter	invernom

Notice that only “a primavera” is feminine, while the other three seasons are masculine.

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