How to Say ‘For how many people’ in Portuguese
Para quantas pessoas
PAH-ruh KWAN-tash peh-SOH-ush
[PAH-ruh KWAN-tash peh-SOH-ush]
💬 Usage Tip: quantas ends in -as because it matches pessoas, which is feminine even when the people are men. With a masculine word it becomes quantos: quantos dias "how many days".
Phrase Breakdown
Para
[PAH-ruh]
for
Preposition used to show who something matters to.
Este tipo de ambiente é ideal para quem gosta de colaborar.
This type of environment is ideal for someone who likes collaborating.
quantas
[KWAN-tash]
how many
Feminine plural of 'quanto', agreeing with feminine nouns like 'pessoas'.
Quantas mesas há?
How many tables are there?
pessoas
[peh-SOH-ush]
people
Plural noun meaning 'people'.
As pessoas costumam ajudar os recém-chegados na equipa.
People usually help newcomers in the team.
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