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How to Say ‘It's usually twenty minutes.’ in Portuguese

Normalmente são vinte minutos.

nor-mahl-MEN-teh sowng VEENT mee-NOO-toosh

[nor-mahl-MEN-teh sowng VEENT mee-NOO-toosh]

💬 Usage Tip: Durations take são "are" when the number is plural: são dez minutos. With just one, it's é uma hora.

Phrase Breakdown

Normalmente

[nor-mahl-MEN-teh]

usually

Adverb meaning normally, as a rule.

Example

Normalmente bebo café de manhã.

I usually drink coffee in the morning.

são vinte minutos.

sowng VEENT mee-NOO-toosh

it's twenty minutes.

'São' (they are) has a nasal 'ão' sound. 'Vinte' is nasal too. The final 's' of 'minutos' sounds like 'sh'.

Example

São dez minutos a pé.

It's ten minutes on foot.

Words in this phrase

são

[sowng]

are (it comes to)

Third-person plural of 'ser'; used when stating a price in plural units.

Example

São dois euros.

That's two euros.

vinte

[VEENT]

twenty

The number 20.

Example

Temos vinte clientes novos.

We have twenty new customers.

minutos

[mee-NOO-toosh]

minutes

Plural of 'minuto', a minute; used to say how long it takes to get somewhere.

Example

A estação fica a dez minutos daqui.

The station is ten minutes from here.

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