Learning how to count in Brazilian Portuguese is a basic yet very important skill to any Portuguese language learner, using it you can tell the hour, and your age, understand the cost of something or even tell how long you’re staying in a certain place.
So in this post, you will learn how to count from 0 to 20 in Portuguese and then learn how to say numbers until 1 Billion! yes, you read it right.
Counting From 0 To 20 In Brazilian Portuguese
| Number | Portuguese |
| 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 |
| 15 | quinze |
| 16 | dezesseis |
| 17 | dezessete |
| 18 | dezoito |
| 19 | dezenove |
| 20 | vinte |
As you notice “one” and “two” have two versions that agree with the genders of the things that are counted, e.g:
One boy – um menino
One girl – uma menina
Two boys – dois meninos
Two girls – duas meninas
Um/uma can also mean “a”, for example a boy / um menino
Multiples Of 10
| Number | Portuguese |
| 10 | dez |
| 20 | vinte |
| 30 | trinta |
| 40 | quarenta |
| 50 | cinquenta |
| 60 | sessenta |
| 70 | setenta |
| 80 | oitenta |
| 90 | noventa |
“Cem” vs “Cento”
We use “cem” to say “one hundred” of something (EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED) if you’d like to say 100 followed by any other number, you would instead use “cento“:
100 – cem
101 – cento e um/uma
102 – cento e dois/duas
154 – cento e cinquenta e quatro
Hundreds And Beyond
| Number | Portuguese |
| 100 | cem |
| 200 | duzentos/duzentas |
| 300 | trezentos/trezentas |
| 400 | quatrocentos/quatrocentas |
| 500 | quinhentos/quinhentas |
| 600 | seiscentos/seiscentas |
| 700 | setecentos/setecentas |
| 800 | oitocentos/oitocentas |
| 900 | novecentos/novecentas |
Notice that these numbers have masculine and feminine forms, which means that they must agree with the noun’s gender (being counted).
Counting From 1000 To 9000
In the following list, you will notice that “mil” (one thousand) doesn’t change in the plural form (e.g. 2000 dois mil), while “milhão” does change (e.g. 2000000 dois milhões)
| Number | Portuguese |
| 1000 | um mil |
| 2000 | dois mil |
| 3000 | três mil |
| 4000 | quatro mil |
| 5000 | cinco mil |
| 6000 | seis mil |
| 7000 | sete mil |
| 8000 | oito mil |
| 9000 | nove mil |
Let’s see some big numbers:
| Number | Portuguese |
| 10.000 | dez mil |
| 20.000 | vinte mil |
| 30.000 | trinta mil |
| 40.000 | quarenta mil |
| 100.000 | cem mil |
| 200.000 | duzentos mil |
| 500.000 | quinhentos mil |
| 1.000.000 | um milhão |
| 2.000.000 | dois milhões |
| 1.000.000.000 | bilião |
| 5682 | cinco mil oitenta e dois |
| 2022 | dois mil vinte dois |
| 2006 | dois mil e seis |
| 6400 | seis mil e quatrocentos |
That was our lesson on how to count in Brazilian Portuguese, try to practice as much as possible to get used to it.
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Happy learning!