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How to Say ‘How about Saturday?’ in Portuguese

Que tal no sábado?

keh tahl noo SAH-bah-doo

[keh tahl noo SAH-bah-doo]

💬 Usage Tip: Que tal + anything makes a suggestion: Que tal um café? "How about a coffee?". Days take no (em + o) for masculine days like sábado, and na for feminine ones like na sexta "on Friday".

Phrase Breakdown

Que tal

keh tahl

How about

A common expression for making suggestions. It is said as one unit: 'kuh TAL'.

Example

Que tal um café?

How about a coffee?

Words in this phrase

Que

[keh]

what (a)

Used in exclamations to express emphasis.

Example

Que jogo!

What a game!

tal

[tahl]

such / how about

With 'que', it asks 'how is it?' or 'what do you think?'.

Example

Que tal o jantar?

How was the dinner?

no sábado?

noo SAH-bah-doo

on Saturday?

'No' is 'em' + 'o' (on the). Stress the first syllable of 'sábado': 'noo SAH-buh-doo?'. Let your voice rise for the question.

Example

Trabalhas no sábado?

Do you work on Saturday?

Words in this phrase

[noo]

on the

Common contraction of em + o, often used before a masculine noun to mean 'on the' or 'in the'.

Example

No evento, falamos sobre a cultura da empresa no primeiro contacto.

At the event, we talked about the company culture in the first contact.

sábado

[SAH-bah-doo]

Saturday

Day of the week; written lowercase in Portuguese.

Example

Trabalho ao sábado.

I work on Saturdays.

Guides for Portuguese learners

The Portuguese You Actually Need in Your First Month in PortugalThe European Portuguese phrases for your first weeks in Portugal: paperwork, renting a flat, the bank, the health centre, cafés, trains and your new neighbours.

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