Days of the Week in Portuguese
Portuguese numbers its weekdays instead of naming them. Monday is the second day, and the counting starts from Sunday, which is why five of the seven end in -feira.
The seven days
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asegunda-feira
seh-GOON-dah FAY-rah
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Monday
Literally second fair, counting Sunday as first
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aterça-feira
TEHR-sah FAY-rah
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Tuesday
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aquarta-feira
KWAR-tah FAY-rah
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Wednesday
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aquinta-feira
KEEN-tah FAY-rah
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Thursday
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asexta-feira
SESS-tah FAY-rah
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Friday
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osábado
SAH-bah-doo
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Saturday
From the Sabbath. A real name, not a number
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odomingo
doo-MEEN-goo
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Sunday
The Lord's day, and the first day of the week
Words that go with them
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a semana
ah seh-MAH-nah
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the week
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o fim de semana
oo feeng jee seh-MAH-nah
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the weekend
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hoje
OH-zhee
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today
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amanhã
ah-mah-NYANG
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tomorrow
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ontem
ON-tang
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yesterday
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depois de amanhã
deh-POYSS jee ah-mah-NYANG
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the day after tomorrow
Nobody says the whole word
In speech the -feira is usually dropped. Vou na segunda means I'm going on Monday, and everyone understands it.
The numbering trips up learners because it is offset: segunda is Monday, not Tuesday, since Sunday counts as the first day.
For one specific day use na or no: na segunda, no sábado. For a habit, make it plural: às segundas means on Mondays.
Feira here means a market day rather than a fair, a leftover from the church calendar. The days are never capitalised.
- Até segunda!See you on Monday!
- Não trabalho aos sábados.I don't work on Saturdays.
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