How to Say ‘By the window’ in Portuguese
Junto à janela
ZHOON-too ah zhah-NEL-ah
[ZHOON-too ah zhah-NEL-ah]
💬 Usage Tip: [À] comes from [a] + [a], so [junto à janela] is the merged form of "next to the window." The same pattern appears in lots of place phrases: [à porta], [à esquerda].
Phrase Breakdown
Junto
[ZHOON-too]
next to / by
Used to say something is right beside something else, often for table location.
Preferia ficar Junto à janela.
I’d prefer to be by the window.
à
[ah]
to the
A contraction of 'a' + 'a', often used after words like 'junto' to mean 'next to the'.
A nossa mesa fica junto à janela.
Our table is next to the window.
janela
[zhah-NEL-ah]
window
The glass opening in the wall; often requested as a preferred seating area.
Há uma mesa junto à janela.
There is a table by the window.
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