How to Say ‘That's seventy cents.’ in Portuguese
São setenta cêntimos.
sowng seh-TEN-tuh SEN-tee-moosh
[sowng seh-TEN-tuh SEN-tee-moosh]
💬 Usage Tip: Prices use São "they are" for plural amounts, but É for one: É um euro "It's one euro".
Phrase Breakdown
São setenta
sowng seh-TEN-tuh
It's seventy
Say 'sowng suh-TEN-tuh'. The first 'e' in 'setenta' is weak.
São setenta euros.
It's seventy euros.
Words in this phrase
São
[sowng]
are (it comes to)
Third-person plural of 'ser'; used when stating a price in plural units.
São dois euros.
That's two euros.
setenta
[seh-TEN-tuh]
seventy
The number 70.
O meu avô tem setenta anos.
My grandfather is seventy years old.
cêntimos.
SEN-tee-moosh
cents.
Say 'SEN-tee-moosh', stressing the first syllable. The final 's' sounds like 'sh'.
Cinquenta cêntimos.
Fifty cents.
Words in this phrase
cêntimos
[SEN-tee-moosh]
cents
Plural of 'cêntimo', a hundredth of a euro.
Custa cinquenta cêntimos.
It costs fifty cents.
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