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How to Say ‘I've been working as a programmer for three years.’ in Portuguese

Trabalho há três anos como programador.

truh-BAH-lyoo ah TREHSS AH-noosh KOH-moo proo-gruh-muh-DOR

[truh-BAH-lyoo ah TREHSS AH-noosh KOH-moo proo-gruh-muh-DOR]

Phrase Breakdown

Trabalho há três anos

truh-BAH-lyoo ah TREHSS AH-noosh

I have been working for three years

Portuguese uses the present tense 'trabalho' with 'há' for actions that are still going on. Link 'três anos' as 'trê-ZA-nush'.

Example

Trabalho há três anos aqui.

I have been working here for three years.

Words in this phrase

Trabalho

[truh-BAH-lyoo]

I work

First person of 'trabalhar', to work.

Example

Trabalho num escritório.

I work in an office.

há

[ah]

for (time duration)

Used with time to say how long something has lasted.

Example

Moro aqui há dois anos.

I've lived here for two years.

três

[TREHSS]

Three

Equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two.

Example

Eu comprei três livros na feira.

I bought three books at the fair.

anos

[AH-noosh]

years

Plural of "ano," used for talking about repeated yearly events.

Example

Há anos que participo nesta conferência.

I have been taking part in this conference for years.

como programador.

KOH-moo proo-gruh-muh-DOR

as a programmer.

'Como' means 'as' here. No article is needed before the job. Stress the last syllable: 'pru-gra-ma-DOR'.

Example

Ele trabalha como programador.

He works as a programmer.

Words in this phrase

como

[KOH-moo]

like; as

Used for comparison, often to explain how something feels.

Example

Trabalham como uma verdadeira equipa.

They work like a real team.

programador

[proo-gruh-muh-DOR]

programmer

A person who writes computer software (masculine).

Example

Ele é programador numa startup.

He is a programmer at a startup.

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