How to Say ‘On Saturday for dinner’ in Portuguese
No sábado ao jantar
noo SAH-buh-doo ow zhan-TAR
[noo SAH-buh-doo ow zhan-TAR]
Phrase Breakdown
No sábado
noo SAH-buh-doo
On Saturday
Time expression indicating the day; 'no' is the contraction used before masculine nouns like 'sábado'.
No sábado estamos ocupados.
On Saturday we are busy.
Words in this phrase
No
[noo]
on the
Contraction of em + o; used here as part of a time expression.
No sábado ao jantar, há espaço para um grupo de doze pessoas.
On Saturday at dinner, there is space for a group of twelve people.
sábado
[SAH-buh-doo]
Saturday
The day Saturday, commonly used when specifying a booking date.
No sábado ao jantar, há espaço para um grupo de doze pessoas.
On Saturday at dinner, there is space for a group of twelve people.
Ao jantar
ow zhan-TAR
At dinner / for dinner
Refers to the evening meal time.
Vamos sair ao jantar.
We are going out for dinner.
Words in this phrase
ao
[ow]
at the / for the
Contraction of a + o; in ao jantar it marks dinner time.
No sábado ao jantar, há espaço para um grupo de doze pessoas.
On Saturday at dinner, there is space for a group of twelve people.
jantar
[zhan-TAR]
dinner
The evening meal; useful for specifying when a reservation is needed.
No sábado ao jantar, há espaço para um grupo de doze pessoas.
On Saturday at dinner, there is space for a group of twelve people.
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