Brazilian Prepositions
Learning the Brazilian Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Brazilian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Brazilian.
Brazilian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Brazilian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Preposições |
| inside the house | dentro de casa |
| outside the car | fora do carro |
| with me | comigo |
| without him | sem ele |
| under the table | sob a mesa |
| after tomorrow | depois de amanhã |
| before sunset | antes do por do sol |
| but I'm busy | mas estou ocupado |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Brazilian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Portuguese.
List of Prepositions in Brazilian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Brazilian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Brazilian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Brazilian Prepositions |
| about | sobre |
| above | acima |
| across | através de |
| after | depois |
| against | contra |
| among | entre |
| around | em torno de |
| as | como |
| at | em |
| before | antes |
| behind | atrás |
| below | abaixo |
| beneath | abaixo |
| beside | ao lado de |
| between | entre |
| beyond | além |
| but | mas |
| by | por |
| despite | apesar de |
| down | para baixo |
| during | durante |
| except | exceto |
| for | para |
| from | de |
| in | em |
| inside | dentro de |
| into | em |
| near | perto |
| next | próximo |
| of | de |
| on | em |
| opposite | oposto |
| out | fora |
| outside | fora de |
| over | sobre |
| per | por |
| plus | mais |
| round | aproximadamente |
| since | desde |
| than | que |
| through | através de |
| till | até |
| to | para |
| toward | em direção a |
| under | sob |
| unlike | diferente de |
| until | até |
| up | para cima |
| via | via |
| with | com |
| within | dentro de |
| without | sem |
| |
| two words | duas palavras |
| according to | conforme |
| because of | por causa de |
| close to | próximo a |
| due to | devido a |
| except for | exceto |
| far from | distante, longe de |
| inside of | dentro de |
| instead of | em vez de |
| near to | perto de |
| next to | próximo de |
| outside of | fora de |
| prior to | antes de |
| |
| three words | três palavras |
| as far as | tanto quanto |
| as well as | bem como |
| in addition to | além de |
| in front of | na frente de |
| in spite of | apesar de |
| on behalf of | em nome de |
| on top of | em cima de |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | pronomes demonstrativos |
| this | este, esta |
| that | aquele, aquela |
| these | estes, estas |
| those | aqueles, aquelas |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Brazilian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Portuguese Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Brazilian lessons here: Learn Brazilian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.