Months and Dates in Portuguese: Write and Say the Date in Brazil — Practice

Learn the twelve month names

The Portuguese months are janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, and dezembro. Month names are usually written in lowercase unless they begin a sentence. Notice the spelling of março with ç and setembro with its Brazilian pronunciation.

Learn each month with an event or personal date instead of memorizing a list alone. This connects the word to a real calendar and gives you an easy sentence to use when someone asks about a plan.

Read Brazilian dates in day-month-year order

In Brazil, numeric dates commonly put the day before the month: 14/10/2026 means October 14, 2026. To say the date aloud, use the ordinal primeiro for the first day of the month and cardinal numbers for the other days: primeiro de maio, dois de maio, três de maio.

When writing to an international audience, spell the month out to reduce confusion between day-month and month-day formats. If a date matters for a reservation or deadline, confirm it in a message as well as saying it aloud.

Ask when a plan or event takes place

Use Em que dia? (On what day?) or Qual é a data? (What is the date?). To ask which month, say Em que mês? If the answer includes a year, listen for mil novecentos e… or dois mil e… as appropriate. Ask for repetition when you need to save an exact date.

To say on a specific date, Portuguese often uses em with the date: em 14 de outubro or no dia 14 de outubro. For a month without a date, use em: em outubro. Learn the whole phrase with the event you are discussing.

Practice dates with appointments and birthdays

Write three dates that matter to you and say them aloud: a birthday, a trip, and an appointment. Then ask a partner when their event takes place. If the date is important, repeat the day, month, and year in the same order to confirm it.

Connect this lesson to Real Life Portuguese guides on days of the week, numbers, and scheduling. I Speak Portuguese teachers can help you pronounce month names and confirm a booking date in a role-play. Use the written month when speaking across different date conventions.

Remember: Remember the month names and the day-month-year order. Write the month out when a date could be read differently by an international audience.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. My birthday is in March.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Meu aniversário é em março.

2. The vacation starts in July.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   As férias começam em julho.

3. The meeting will be in November.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   A reunião será em novembro.

4. Today is October fourteenth.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Hoje é quatorze de outubro.

5. The appointment is set for June first.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   A consulta ficou para primeiro de junho.

6. The delivery will be on August twenty-second.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   A entrega será em vinte e dois de agosto.

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Remember the month names and the day-month-year order. Write the month out when a date could be read differently by an international audience.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our Months and Dates in Portuguese: Write and Say the Date in Brazil lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

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