Portuguese Vocabulary: Months and Days of the Week
Take a look at the months (meses) and days of the week (dias da semana) in portuguese. They’re easy!
DAYS OF THE WEEK
| Monday | segunda-feira |
| Tuesday | terça-feira |
| Wednesday | quarta-feira |
| Thursday | quinta-feira |
| Friday | sexta-feira |
| Saturday | sábado |
| Sunday | domingo |
| the day | o dia |
| week | a semana |
| weekend | o fim de semana |
| today | hoje |
| tomorrow | amanhã |
The days from Monday to Friday have this name because they were called according to the fair (feira) that used to take place in that day a long time ago. A “Feira” is a set of tents pitched in the street where you can buy vegetables, fruits, and other foods.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
| January | janeiro |
| February | fevereiro |
| March | março |
| April | abril |
| May | maio |
| June | junho |
| July | julho |
| August | agosto |
| September | setembro |
| October | outubro |
| November | novembro |
| December | dezembro |
| month | o mês |
| the first of [a month] | primeiro de [month] |
| year | o ano |
To say a specific day of a month, use cardinal and not ordinal numbers. Also noticed that the date is written with the day first, and then the month: 16/04/2005 – Dezesseis de abril de dois mil e cinco.