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How to Say ‘It's about seventy centimetres’ in Portuguese

Tem uns setenta centímetros

TAYNG oonsh seh-TEN-tuh sen-TEE-meh-troosh

[TAYNG oonsh seh-TEN-tuh sen-TEE-meh-troosh]

💬 Usage Tip: uns before a number means "about": uns dez minutos "about ten minutes". Portuguese also uses ter "to have" for measurements, so a chair "has" seventy centimetres.

Phrase Breakdown

Tem uns setenta

TAYNG oonsh seh-TEN-tuh

It has about seventy

'Tem' (it has) is nasal and sounds like 'tãy'. 'Uns' before a number means 'about' or 'roughly'.

Example

Tem uns setenta anos.

He's about seventy years old.

Words in this phrase

Tem

[TAYNG]

has

Form of 'ter' (to have) for he/she/it; used to state age.

Example

O meu filho tem dez anos.

My son is ten years old.

uns

[oonsh]

about; around

Before numbers, 'uns' means approximately.

Example

Custa uns dez euros.

It costs about ten euros.

setenta

[seh-TEN-tuh]

seventy

The number 70.

Example

O meu avô tem setenta anos.

My grandfather is seventy years old.

centímetros

[sen-TEE-meh-troosh]

centimetres

Plural of 'centímetro', a hundredth of a metre.

Example

O lápis tem quinze centímetros.

The pencil is fifteen centimetres long.

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