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Count in Portuguese

Zero to cem, and how the big ones are built.

10 Oct 2026Gustavo Mendonça

Learn twenty, then build

These are the numbers from zero to cem that you need for prices, ages, buses, and how the bigger ones are put together. Every one is recorded.

Up to twenty, every number is a word of its own, so those are the ones to learn by heart. After that, Portuguese builds: the ten first, then e (and), then the unit. Vinte e um is twenty-one, noventa e nove ninety-nine.

One and two also change with the noun they count: um café, uma bica; dois pastéis, duas bicas.

Zero to dez

The ones you will say every day.

0

zero/zˈɛɾʊ/

zero

O Benfica ganhou dois a zero.

Benfica won two nil.
1

um/ˈũm/

one

Só quero um café.

I just want one coffee.
2

dois/dˈoɪʃ/

two

Tenho dois irmãos.

I have two brothers.
3

três/tɾˈeʃ/

three; third (in dates)

São três euros.

It's three euros.
4

quatro/kwˈatɾʊ/

four

Somos quatro para o jantar.

There are four of us for dinner.
5

cinco/sˈĩŋkʊ/

five

O autocarro cinco é azul.

The number five bus is blue.
6

seis/sˈɐjʃ/

six

A aula começa às seis.

The class starts at six.
7

sete/sˈɛtɨ/

seven

Levanto-me às sete.

I get up at seven.
8

oito/ˈoɪtʊ/

eight

O comboio oito é verde.

The number eight train is green.
9

nove/nˈɔvɨ/

nine

A loja abre às nove.

The shop opens at nine.
10

dez/dˈɛʃ/

ten

O Zé tem dez anos.

Zé is ten years old.

Um, uma, dois, duas

Two numbers agree with what they count.

Um and dois go with a masculine noun, uma and duas with a feminine one. It carries on in the bigger numbers that end in them: vinte e uma pessoas, trinta e duas bicas.

1

uma/ˈumɐ/

one (fem.); (à uma) at one o'clock

Só falta uma semana.

Only one week to go.
2

duas/dˈuɐʃ/

two (fem.)

Tenho duas irmãs.

I have two sisters.

Onze to vinte

Five of their own, then ten and the unit.

Onze to quinze are words of their own. From sixteen to nineteen you can hear the ten and the unit inside: dezasseis is ten and six, dezanove ten and nine.

11

onze/ˈõnzɨ/

eleven

O jogo começa às onze.

The match starts at eleven.
12

doze/dˈozɨ/

twelve

Uma dúzia são doze ovos.

A dozen is twelve eggs.
13

treze/tɾˈezɨ/

thirteen

Moro no número treze.

I live at number thirteen.
14

catorze/kˌɐtˈoɾzɨ/

fourteen

O comboio é às catorze horas.

The train is at 2 p.m.
15

quinze/kˈinzɨ/

fifteen; (quinze dias) two weeks, a fortnight

O autocarro quinze é azul.

The number fifteen bus is blue.
16

dezasseis/dˌɨzɐsˈɐjʃ/

sixteen

A minha irmã tem dezasseis anos.

My sister is sixteen.
17

dezassete/dˌɨzɐsˈɛtɨ/

seventeen

O meu primo tem dezassete anos.

My cousin is seventeen.
18

dezoito/dˌɨzˈoɪtʊ/

eighteen

O comboio dezoito é verde.

The number eighteen train is green.
19

dezanove/dˌɨzɐnˈɔvɨ/

nineteen

São dezanove euros.

It's nineteen euros.
20

vinte/vˈĩntɨ/

twenty

A Ana tem vinte anos.

Ana is twenty years old.

Vinte e um

The ten first, then e, then the unit.

From here on, a number is put together in the order you read it: the ten comes first and e (and) joins the unit to it. Vinte e um is twenty-one, vinte e nove twenty-nine.

21

vinte e um/vˈĩntɨ i ˈũm/

twenty-one

O indicativo de Lisboa é o vinte e um.

Lisbon's dialling code is 21.
22

vinte e dois/vˈĩntɨ i dˈoɪʃ/

twenty-two

Moro no número vinte e dois.

I live at number twenty-two.
23

vinte e três/vˈĩntɨ i tɾˈeʃ/

twenty-three

O autocarro vinte e três é azul.

The number twenty-three bus is blue.
24

vinte e quatro/vˈĩntɨ i kwˈatɾʊ/

twenty-four

Um dia tem vinte e quatro horas.

A day has twenty-four hours.
25

vinte e cinco/vˈĩntɨ i sˈĩŋkʊ/

twenty-five

A Ana tem vinte e cinco anos.

Ana is twenty-five years old.
26

vinte e seis/vˈĩntɨ i sˈɐjʃ/

twenty-six

Faço anos no dia vinte e seis.

My birthday is on the twenty-sixth.
27

vinte e sete/vˈĩntɨ i sˈɛtɨ/

twenty-seven

Tenho vinte e sete anos.

I'm twenty-seven years old.
28

vinte e oito/vˈĩntɨ i ˈoɪtʊ/

twenty-eight

Fevereiro tem vinte e oito dias.

February has twenty-eight days.
29

vinte e nove/vˈĩntɨ i nˈɔvɨ/

twenty-nine

São vinte e nove euros.

It's twenty-nine euros.
30

trinta/tɾˈĩntɐ/

thirty

O comboio trinta é verde.

The number thirty train is green.

Trinta to noventa

Every ten from forty to ninety ends in -enta.

Learn the tens and you can say any number below a hundred, the way you learned twenty-one: trinta e cinco, quarenta e oito, noventa e seis.

30

trinta/tɾˈĩntɐ/

thirty

O comboio trinta é verde.

The number thirty train is green.

trinta e cinco

35
40

quarenta/kwˌɐɾˈẽntɐ/

forty

O meu pai tem quarenta anos.

My father is forty.

quarenta e oito

48
50

cinquenta/sˌĩŋkwˈẽntɐ/

fifty

O bilhete custa cinquenta euros.

The ticket costs fifty euros.

cinquenta e nove

59
60

sessenta/sˌɨsˈẽntɐ/

sixty

Uma hora tem sessenta minutos.

An hour has sixty minutes.
70

setenta/sˌɨtˈẽntɐ/

seventy

A minha avó tem setenta anos.

My grandmother is seventy.

setenta e três

73
80

oitenta/ˌoɪtˈẽntɐ/

eighty

O limite é oitenta à hora.

The limit is eighty an hour.
90

noventa/nˌuvˈẽntɐ/

ninety

O Pedro mede um metro e noventa.

Pedro is one metre ninety tall.

noventa e seis

96

Cem, and cento

Exactly a hundred is cem; past it, cento.

Cem is a hundred and nothing more: cem euros. As soon as anything follows it, it becomes cento: cento e um, cento e cinquenta. The hundreds after it agree with their noun, like um and dois: duzentos euros, duzentas pessoas.

100

cem/sˈɐ̃j/

a hundred, one hundred

Cem gramas de queijo, por favor.

A hundred grams of cheese, please.
100+

cento/sˈẽntʊ/

hundred (in compounds: cento e um)

São cento e vinte euros.

It's a hundred and twenty euros.

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