How to Say ‘Forty-eight hours’ in Portuguese
Quarenta e oito horas
kwuh-REN-tuh ee OY-too OH-rash
[kwuh-REN-tuh ee OY-too OH-rash]
Phrase Breakdown
Quarenta
[kwuh-REN-tuh]
forty
The number 40.
A sala tem quarenta cadeiras.
The room has forty chairs.
e oito horas
ee OY-too OH-rash
and eight hours
Link 'e oito' smoothly: 'yoito'. The 'h' in 'horas' is silent: 'ORash'.
São quarenta e oito horas.
It's forty-eight hours.
Words in this phrase
e
[ee]
and
A simple connector joining two qualities or ideas.
Procuro um ambiente aberto e humano.
I am looking for an open and human environment.
oito
[OY-too]
eight
The number 8; 'quarenta e oito' is 48.
São quarenta e oito euros.
It's forty-eight euros.
horas
[OH-rash]
hours / time
Refers to clock time in questions.
A que horas é a partida?
What time is the departure?
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