How to Say ‘It was almost a goal!’ in Portuguese
Quase foi golo!
KWAH-zuh FOY GOH-loo
[KWAH-zuh FOY GOH-loo]
💬 Usage Tip: With quase, Portuguese often uses the same plain verb form as a normal statement: Quase caí. "I almost fell", Quase marcou. "He almost scored." You don't need an extra word for "it was" here in natural English terms.
Phrase Breakdown
Quase
[KWAH-zuh]
almost
Shows that something came very close to happening.
Quase ganhámos o jogo no fim.
We almost won the match at the end.
Foi golo
FOY GOH-loo
Words in this phrase
foi
[FOY]
it was
Past form used here in an exclamation about what nearly happened.
Por um segundo, achei que foi golo.
For a second, I thought it was a goal.
golo
[GOH-loo]
goal
Football term for when the ball goes into the net legally.
Toda a gente gritou golo no estádio.
Everyone shouted goal in the stadium.
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