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How to Say ‘Saturday afternoon, does that work?’ in Portuguese

Sábado à tarde, pode ser?

SAH-bah-doo ah TAR-d POH-jee sehr

[SAH-bah-doo ah TAR-d POH-jee sehr]

🇵🇹 In Portugal: Adding pode ser? turns a plan into a soft suggestion. It is a very common way to propose something without pushing.

Phrase Breakdown

Sábado à tarde,

SAH-bah-doo ah TAR-d

Saturday afternoon,

Stress 'SÁ' in 'Sábado'. 'Tarde' ends softly, almost 'tard'.

Example

Sábado à tarde, estou livre.

On Saturday afternoon I'm free.

Words in this phrase

Sábado

[SAH-bah-doo]

Saturday

Day of the week; written lowercase in Portuguese.

Example

Trabalho ao sábado.

I work on Saturdays.

[ah]

at the

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

Example

Encontramo-nos à uma.

We meet at one.

tarde

[TAR-d]

afternoon

Feminine noun for the afternoon/early evening part of the day.

Example

Esta tarde vou à praia.

This afternoon I'm going to the beach.

pode ser?

POH-jee sehr

would that work?

A very common way to ask 'is that OK?'. It sounds like 'POD sehr', with the 'e' of 'pode' nearly silent.

Example

Às oito, pode ser?

At eight, is that OK?

Words in this phrase

pode

[POH-jee]

can

To be able to.

Example

Você pode me ajudar?

Can you help me?

ser

[sehr]

Existence or state of being.

Example

Isso pode ser verdade.

That might be true.

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