Smart Apps Pro

Counting in Portuguese: Numbers, Prices and Reais

Portuguese numbers from zero to a thousand, the patterns for compound numbers and how to say prices in reais and euros.

Portuguese numbers are regular once you learn the basics, with a few gender changes to watch.

0 to 20

0 zero 1 um / uma 2 dois / duas 3 três
4 quatro 5 cinco 6 seis 7 sete
8 oito 9 nove 10 dez 11 onze
12 doze 13 treze 14 catorze (quatorze) 15 quinze
16 dezasseis (PT) / dezesseis (BR) 17 dezassete / dezessete 18 dezoito 19 dezanove / dezenove
20 vinte

The tens

30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
trinta quarenta cinquenta sessenta setenta oitenta noventa cem

Compound numbers

Join tens and units with e ("and"):

  • vinte e um (21), trinta e cinco (35), noventa e nove (99)

Hundreds

Number Portuguese
100 cem (exactly), cento (with more)
200 duzentos
300 trezentos
400 quatrocentos
500 quinhentos
600 seiscentos
700 setecentos
800 oitocentos
900 novecentos

Examples: cem (100), cento e vinte (120), duzentos e cinquenta (250).

Thousands and millions

  • mil (1,000), dois mil (2,000), mil e duzentos (1,200)
  • um milhão (1,000,000), dois milhões

Gender

Um/uma and dois/duas agree with the noun, as do the hundreds from 200 up:

  • duas casas (two houses), dois carros (two cars)
  • duzentas pessoas (two hundred people), duzentos livros

Prices

Brazil's currency is the real (plural reais, symbol R$), with 100 centavos. Portugal uses the euro.

  • R,50 — cinco reais e cinquenta centavos
  • Quanto custa? — How much does it cost?
  • Custa dez reais. — It costs ten reais.
  • Quanto é? — How much is it?

Decimals use a comma, and thousands a full stop: R.250,00.

Ordinals

primeiro, segundo, terceiro, quarto, quinto, sexto, sétimo, oitavo, nono, décimo. They agree with the noun: a primeira vez, o segundo prato.

Tips

  1. Learn 0–20 first.
  2. Practise with prices.
  3. Watch the gender of um/uma and dois/duas.

Look up any word with English Portuguese Dictionary →

English Portuguese Dictionary app icon

English Portuguese Dictionary

Offline English–Portuguese dictionary with gender and accents handled properly

Get the app

More about English Portuguese Dictionary