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How to Say ‘Do you have a minute before the meeting?’ in Portuguese

Tens um minuto antes da reunião?

tayns oong mee-NOO-too AHN-tsh dah hee-oo-nee-OWN

[tayns oong mee-NOO-too AHN-tsh dah hee-oo-nee-OWN]

Phrase Breakdown

Tens um minuto

tayns oong mee-NOO-too

Do you have a minute

Informal question. Link 'tens' and 'um'.

Example

Tens um minuto, João?

Do you have a minute, João?

Words in this phrase

Tens

[tayns]

you have

Informal 'you' form of 'ter'; with a participle, 'you have been'.

Example

Tens fome?

Are you hungry?

[oong]

An indefinite article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Em «um» prazer, o artigo introduz a expressão educada.

In “a” pleasure, the article introduces the polite expression.

minuto

[mee-NOO-too]

minute

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds; masculine noun.

Example

Espera um minuto, por favor.

Wait a minute, please.

antes da reunião?

AHN-tsh dah hee-oo-nee-OWN

before the meeting?

A time phrase. Raise your voice at the end.

Example

Comes antes da reunião?

Are you eating before the meeting?

Words in this phrase

antes

[AHN-tsh]

before

Adverb/preposition of time meaning earlier than something.

Example

Chego antes das nove.

I arrive before nine.

[dah]

of the

Contraction of de + a, used before a feminine singular noun.

Example

Em «Da» nossa conversa, a contração soa natural em português.

In “of our conversation,” the contraction sounds natural in Portuguese.

reunião

[hee-oo-nee-OWN]

meeting

Feminine noun for a gathering of people, e.g. at work.

Example

A reunião começa às dez.

The meeting starts at ten.

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