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How to Say ‘There's a lot of work on Mondays.’ in Portuguese

À segunda há muito trabalho.

ah se-GOON-da ah MWEEN-too tra-BAH-lyoo

[ah se-GOON-da ah MWEEN-too tra-BAH-lyoo]

Phrase Breakdown

À segunda

ah se-GOON-da

On Mondays

'À' = a + a, the time preposition for weekdays.

Example

À segunda estou cansado.

On Mondays I'm tired.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

at the

'a' + 'a'; used with times, like 'at the same time'.

Example

Encontramo-nos à uma.

We meet at one.

segunda

[se-GOON-da]

Monday

Short for 'segunda-feira', Monday in Portuguese.

Example

Fechamos à segunda.

We close on Monday.

há muito trabalho.

ah MWEEN-too tra-BAH-lyoo

there is a lot of work.

'há' = there is. 'muito' is nasal.

Example

No escritório há muito trabalho.

At the office there is a lot of work.

Words in this phrase

há

[ah]

there is / there are

Form of haver used to say that something exists.

Example

Há interesse em ouvir candidatos no evento.

There is interest in listening to candidates at the event.

muito

[MWEEN-too]

much

Intensifies comparatives like 'melhor'.

Example

Está muito mais frio hoje.

It's much colder today.

trabalho

[tra-BAH-lyoo]

work

Noun meaning work or job.

Example

O trabalho começa às nove.

Work starts at nine.

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