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How to Say ‘Over eight people’ in Portuguese

Acima de oito pessoas

ah-SEE-mah duh OY-too peh-SOH-ush

[ah-SEE-mah duh OY-too peh-SOH-ush]

💬 Usage Tip: acima de means "over". Its opposite is abaixo de "below": abaixo de seis pessoas "under six people".

Phrase Breakdown

Acima de

ah-SEE-mah duh

Over / above

Means 'more than' with numbers. Stress: a-CI-ma.

Example

Acima de dez euros.

Over ten euros.

Words in this phrase

Acima

[ah-SEE-mah]

above

With 'de', means more than.

Example

Preços acima de vinte euros.

Prices above twenty euros.

[duh]

A preposition meaning "of" or "for," depending on context.

Example

Falámos de carreira durante o intervalo.

We talked about career matters during the break.

oito pessoas

OY-too peh-SOH-ush

eight people

'Oito' sounds like 'OI-tu'. Stress: pe-SSO-as, with a double 's' sound.

Example

Uma mesa para oito pessoas.

A table for eight people.

Words in this phrase

oito

[OY-too]

eight

The number 8.

Example

Somos oito pessoas.

We are eight people.

pessoas

[peh-SOH-ush]

people

Plural noun meaning 'people'.

Example

As pessoas costumam ajudar os recém-chegados na equipa.

People usually help newcomers in the team.

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