Information about counting in Portuguese written by Carlos Carrion, with corrections and additions by Marcelo Rodrigo Pereira.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, sg = singular, pl = plural
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | um (m) uma (f) | primeiro |
| 2 | dois (m) duas (f) | segundo |
| 3 | três | terceiro |
| 4 | quatro | quarto |
| 5 | cinco | quinto |
| 6 | seis | sexto |
| 7 | sete | sétimo |
| 8 | oito | oitavo |
| 9 | nove | nono |
| 10 | dez (uma dezena) | décimo |
| 11 | onze | décimo primeiro / undécimo |
| 12 | doze (uma dúzia) | décimo segundo / duodécimo |
| 13 | treze | décimo terceiro / tredécimo |
| 14 | quatorze, catorze | décimo quarto |
| 15 | quinze | décimo quinto |
| 16 | dezesseis | décimo sexto |
| 17 | dezessete | décimo sétimo |
| 18 | dezoito | décimo oitavo |
| 19 | dezenove | décimo nono |
| 20 | vinte | vigésimo |
| 21 | vinte e um (m) vinte e uma (f) | vigésimo primeiro |
| 22 | vinte e dois (m) vinte e duas | vigésimo segundo |
| 30 | trinta | trigésimo |
| 31 | trinta e um (m) trinta e uma (f) | trigésimo primeiro |
| 32 | trinta e dois (m) trinta e duas | trigésimo segundo |
| 40 | quarenta | quadragésimo |
| 50 | cinqüenta | quinquagésimo |
| 60 | sessenta | sexagésimo |
| 70 | setenta | septuagésimo |
| 80 | oitenta | octogésimo |
| 90 | noventa | nonagésimo |
| 100 | cem (uma centena) | centésimo |
| 101 | cento e um (m) cento e uma (f) | centésimo primeiro |
| 102 | cento e dois (m) cento e duas (f) | centésimo segundo |
| 110 | cento e dez | centésimo décimo |
| 111 | cento e onze | centésimo décimo primeiro |
| 120 | cento e vinte | centésimo vigésimo |
| 133 | cento e trinta e três | centésimo trigésimo terceiro |
| 200 | duzentos (m) duzentas (f) | ducentésimo |
| 300 | trezentos (m) trezentas (f) | trecentésimo |
| 400 | quatrocentos (m) quatrocentas (f) | quadrigentésimo |
| 500 | quinhentos (m) quinhentas (f) | quingentésimo |
| 600 | seiscentos (m) seiscentas (f) | sexcentésimo |
| 700 | setecentos (m) setecentas (f) | septicentésimo |
| 800 | oitocentos (m) oitocentas (f) | octigentésimo |
| 900 | novecentos (m) novecentas (f) | nongentésimo |
| 1.000 | mil (um milhar) | milésimo |
| 1.100 | mil e cem | milésimo centésimo |
| 1.120 | mil cento e vinte | milésimo centésimo vigésimo |
| 1.200 | mil e duzentos | milésimo ducentésimo |
| 1.235 | mil duzentos e trinta e cinco | milésimo ducentésimo trigésimo quinto |
| 1.300 | mil e trezentos | milésimo trecentésimo |
| 2.000 | dois mil (m) duas mil (f) | dois milésimo |
| 2.300 | dois (duas) mil e trezentos | dois milésimo trecentésimo |
| 1 million | um milhão | milionésimo |
| 2 million | dois milhões | |
| 1 billion | um bilhão | bilionésimo |
| 2 billion | dois bilhões |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Ordinals have four forms: primeiro (m/sg), primeira (f/sg), primeiros (m/pl), primeiras (f/pl). These endings are applied to all the numbers, for example 1,234º (1,234th) =
Note the difference between mil e duzentos (1,200), mil duzentos e trinta e cinco (1,235) - there is no e between the thousand and the hundred if there are other numbers after the hundred.
Um bilhão = one thousand million in Brazilian portuguese but not in Portugal, where it means one million millon. The same applies to trilhão, which = one thousand billion in Brazil, but one million billion in Portugal
Portuguese uses a dot to separate thousands, eg. 2.367.900 = 2,367,900; a comma to mark the decimal place, eg 1,5 = 1.5; and ordinal numbers are marked like this: 1º, 2º, 3º, 4º (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th)
In Brazil when giving telephone and house numbers, people use meia for six. It means half, and is a short form of meia dúzia (half a dozen)
How to count in Portuguese
http://languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-portuguese-portugal/en/por-prt/
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