How to Say ‘On the upper floor’ in Portuguese
No piso de cima
noo PEE-zoo duh SEE-mah
[noo PEE-zoo duh SEE-mah]
💬 Usage Tip: no is em + o merged into one word. In Portugal, piso is the everyday word for a floor of a building.
Phrase Breakdown
No piso
noo PEE-zoo
On the floor
'No' combines 'em' and 'o', meaning 'on the'. 'Piso' means floor or storey. The 's' sounds like 'z': 'PI-zu'.
No piso térreo.
On the ground floor.
Words in this phrase
No
[noo]
on the
Common contraction of em + o, often used before a masculine noun to mean 'on the' or 'in the'.
No evento, falamos sobre a cultura da empresa no primeiro contacto.
At the event, we talked about the company culture in the first contact.
piso
[PEE-zoo]
floor
A storey or level of a building.
O restaurante fica no segundo piso.
The restaurant is on the second floor.
de cima
duh SEE-mah
upstairs / above
'De cima' means 'upper' or 'above'. The 'e' in 'de' is almost silent: 'd' CI-ma'.
O quarto de cima.
The room upstairs.
Words in this phrase
de
[duh]
of
A preposition meaning "of" or "for," depending on context.
Falámos de carreira durante o intervalo.
We talked about career matters during the break.
cima
[SEE-mah]
top / above
With 'de', means 'upper' or 'upstairs'.
Os quartos ficam lá em cima.
The rooms are up there.
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