Portuguese Prepositions

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Portuguese Prepositions

Learning the Portuguese 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 Portuguese language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Portuguese.

Portuguese 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	Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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 Portuguese

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Portuguese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Portuguese vocabulary.

English Prepositions	Portuguese 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

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Portuguese Prepositions

Portuguese Prepositions

Portuguese Prepositions

List of Prepositions in Portuguese

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