📝 Vocabulary

Portuguese	English	Notes
Um, dois, três	One, two, three	Um/uma and dois/duas agree in gender
Dez, vinte, trinta	Ten, twenty, thirty
Cem / cento e um	100 / 101	'Cem' alone, 'cento e...' when followed by more
Quanto custa?	How much does it cost?
São seis euros e cinquenta	That's €6.50	The 'e' replaces the decimal point
O Multibanco	The ATM / debit network	Portugal's universal payment system
Levantar dinheiro	To withdraw money
Pagar com cartão	To pay by card
Em dinheiro	In cash
O troco	The change

💡 Grammar Notes

Building Numbers with "e"

Portuguese glues numbers together with e (and):

21 = vinte e um, 35 = trinta e cinco, 99 = noventa e nove
101 = cento e um, 145 = cento e quarenta e cinco

Saying Prices Out Loud

Prices follow one pattern — euros, then e, then cents:

6,50 € = seis euros e cinquenta
1,20 € = um euro e vinte
0,80 € = oitenta cêntimos

Note that Portugal writes prices with a comma (6,50 €), not a point. When a cashier speaks too fast, ask: "Pode repetir, se faz favor?" (Can you repeat, please?)

Gender Agreement: Um/Uma, Dois/Duas

The numbers 1 and 2 agree with the noun's gender:

um café, uma cerveja (one coffee, one beer)
dois pastéis, duas bicas (two pastries, two espressos)

Everything from three upward stays the same for both genders. Relief.

Numbers, Prices & the Multibanco

📝 Vocabulary

💡 Grammar Notes

Building Numbers with "e"

Saying Prices Out Loud

Gender Agreement: Um/Uma, Dois/Duas

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