Portuguese numbers 1 to 100

Numbers come up constantly — prices, times, dates, addresses — and Portuguese numbers are pleasingly regular. Learn 1 to 20 plus the tens and you can build everything to 100. A couple of words are spelled slightly differently in Portugal and Brazil; we note both.

1 to 20

Note that 1 and 2 have masculine and feminine forms — um/uma, dois/duas — agreeing with the noun they count.

The tens

Building everything in between

Join the ten and the unit with e ("and") — and unlike Spanish, this works for the twenties too: vinte e um (21), trinta e dois (32), quarenta e cinco (45), noventa e nove (99). Simple and consistent all the way up.

100 on its own is cem, but "one hundred and…" becomes cento — so 101 is cento e um.

Where beginners slip up

• European vs Brazilian spelling for 16, 17 and 19 — both are correct; match the variety you're learning.
• Gender agreement on 1 and 2: uma cerveja, duas cervejas.
• Nasal sounds: cem, vinte and cinquenta use the nasal vowels that define Portuguese — worth practising aloud.

Make them stick by saying them

Numbers only stay learned if you use them. Navoq drills them inside real sentences — ordering, paying, telling the time — out loud, with feedback on those tricky nasal sounds. Count to 100 a few times and Portuguese prices and times stop being a guessing game.