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
- Learn 0–20 first.
- Practise with prices.
- Watch the gender of um/uma and dois/duas.
English Portuguese Dictionary
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