How to Say ‘For a career’ in Portuguese
De carreira
duh kah-RAY-rah
[duh kah-RAY-rah]
💬 Usage Tip: de carreira means 'career-related' here, not literally 'of career' in a word-for-word English way. Portuguese often uses de to link nouns like this: feira de emprego, oportunidades de carreira, gestão de projetos.
Phrase Breakdown
De
[duh]
of
A preposition meaning "of" or "for," depending on context.
Falámos de carreira durante o intervalo.
We talked about career matters during the break.
carreira
[kah-RAY-rah]
career
A noun referring to a person's professional path or line of work.
A carreira dele começou numa startup.
His career started in a startup.
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