This page offers a guide to speaking numbers in Brazilian Portuguese. Numbers in Portuguese are called números.
Numbers 1 to 15
Numbers zero to fifteen are specific words, which are listed in the table below:
| 0 | zero |
| 1 | um(m)/uma(f) |
| 2 | dois(m)/duas(f) |
| 3 | três |
| 4 | quatro |
| 5 | cinco |
| 6 | seis |
| 7 | sete |
| 8 | oito |
| 9 | nove |
| 10 | dez |
| 11 | onze |
| 12 | doze |
| 13 | treze |
| 14 | quatorze |
| 15 | quinze |
Numbers 1 (um/uma) and 2 (dois/duas) have masculine and feminine forms, which need to agree with the gender of the thing that is being counted (e.g. two dogs / dois cachorros, two houses / duas casas).
Numbers 16 to 19
The numbers 16 to 19 are formed by combining dez, the single digit number and adding e (and) in the middle, e.g. dezessete (10 and 7).
| 16 | dezesseis |
| 17 | dezessete |
| 18 | dezoito |
| 19 | dezenove |
Numbers 20 to 99
Multiples of ten from forty upwards all end in -enta and all of them except 20 (vinte) have an obvious relationship with their root digit – e.g. 7 (sete) and 70 (setenta).
Multiples of ten and single digits are linked with an e (and), as in quarenta e sete (47).
For all numbers that end in one or two, the correct masculine or feminine form of um/uma or dois/duas should be used (e.g. 21 houses / vinte e uma casas, 32 books / trinta e dois livros)
| 20 | vinte |
| 30 | trinta |
| 40 | quarenta |
| 50 | cinquenta |
| 60 | sessenta |
| 70 | setenta |
| 80 | oitenta |
| 90 | noventa |
‘Cem’ and ‘cento’
Cem is only used when there is exactly one hundred of something, if another number comes after the hundred, cento should be used instead (e.g. cento e um, cento e dois, etc).
Numbers in the hundreds
The numbers 200, 300, etc, have masculine and feminine forms, meaning they must agree with the noun they appear next to. Masculine forms end in -os and feminine forms in -as (e.g. 200 houses / duzentas casas, 200 books / duzentos livros).
These numbers generally follow the pattern of route number + centos(m)/centas(f) (plural of hundred), with the exception of duzentos, trezentos, and quinhentos.
| 200 | duzentos(m)/duzentas(f) |
| 300 | trezentos(m)/trezentas(f) |
| 400 | quatrocentos(m)/quatrocentas(f) |
| 500 | quinhentos(m)/quinhentas(f) |
| 600 | seiscentos(m)/seiscentas(f) |
| 700 | setecentos(m)/setecentas(f) |
| 800 | oitocentos(m)/oitocentas(f) |
| 900 | novecentos(m)/novecentas(f) |
As with multiples of ten, hundred and tens are linked with an e (and) e.g. cento e oitenta e sete (187).
Numbers in the thousands
| 1000 | mil |
Thousands and hundreds are generally not linked with an e (and) e.g. três mil duzentos e oito (3208), unless the number ends with two zeroes e.g. três mil e trezentos (3,300); e is also used to link thousands and single digits e.g. quatro mil e oito (4,008).
Numbers flashcards
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