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How to Say ‘Saturday at eight’ in Portuguese

Sábado às oito

SAH-bah-doo ash OY-too

[SAH-bah-doo ash OY-too]

💬 Usage Tip: às is a + as merged, because times count horas "hours", which is feminine. The exception is one o'clock: à uma "at one".

Phrase Breakdown

Sábado

[SAH-bah-doo]

Saturday

Day of the week; written lowercase in Portuguese.

Example

Vemo-nos no sábado.

See you on Saturday.

às

[ash]

at (a specific time)

“às” = “a” + “as”; used before clock times (às 10h30).

Example

Sai às 10h30 da plataforma 5.

It leaves at 10:30 from platform 5.

oito

[OY-too]

eight (o'clock)

The number 8; 'às oito' means at eight o'clock.

Example

O restaurante abre às oito.

The restaurant opens at eight.

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