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Study Resource: Types of adverbs in Brazilian Portuguese

By: Fabiana Dametto Oliveira

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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

On this page, we will provide you with some of the most common Brazilian Portuguese adverbs of different types.

Adverbs of quantity or intensity

Adverbs of quantity or intensity answer the question “to what extent?”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
apenas	only/just
bastante	plenty/enough
bem	well
completamente	completely
demais	too much
mais	more
menos	less
muito	very much, a lot
pouco	little, not much
quase	almost/nearly
tanto	so much
tão	so
totalmente	totally
um pouco	a little

Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner answer the questions “how?” or “in what way?”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
alegremente	cheerfully
bem	well
cuidadosamente	carefully
devagar	slowly
facilmente	easily
felizmente	fortunately
infelizmente	unfortunately
intensamente	intensely
lentamente	slowly
mal	badly
naturalmente	naturally
pacientemente	patiently
rápido	quickly
silenciosamente	silently
simplesmente	simply

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency answer the question “how often?”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
às vezes	sometimes
constantemente	constantly
de vez em quando	from time to time
diariamente	daily
frequentemente	frequently
geralmente	generally
normalmente	normally
nunca	never
ocasionalmente	occasionally
poucas vezes	a few times
quase sempre	almost always
raramente	rarely
sempre	always
todos os dias	every day

Adverbs of time

Adverbs of time answer the question “when?”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
apagora	now
amanhã	tomorrow
antes	before
cedo	early
depois	after
em breve	shortly
hoje	today
já	already
logo	soon
ontem	yesterday
tarde	afternoon

Adverbs of place

Adverbs of time answer the question “where?”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
abaixo	below
acima	above
adiante	forward
aí	there
ali	all
ao lado	next to
aqui	here
atrás	back
cá	here
dentro	inside
em cima	on top
embaixo	below
fora	out
lá	there
longe	far away
perto	close

Adverbs of negation

Adverbs of negation make a positive word, phrase, or clause negative.

Brazilian Portuguese	English
não	no
nunca	never
jamais	never
nada	anything, at all
ninguém	nobody
de jeito nenhum	no way
de forma alguma	no way
de maneira nenhuma	in no way

Adverbs of affirmation

Adverbs of affirmation confirm that something is true.

Brazilian Portuguese	English
sim	yes
realmente	really
certamente	certainly
verdadeiramente	truly
com certeza	for sure, definitely
sem dúvida	undoubtedly
efetivamente	effectively
inegavelmente	undeniably
indubitavelmente	undoubtedly
absolutamente	absolutely

Adverbs of doubt

Adverbs of doubt express uncertainty or doubt that something is true.

Brazilian Portuguese	English
talvez	maybe, perhaps
provavelmente	probably
possivelmente	possibly
eventualmente	possibly
aparentemente	for sure, definitely
supostamente	supposedly

Interrogative adverbs

Interrogative adverbs are used to ask questions that would be answered with an adverb or adverbial phrase.

Brazilian Portuguese	English
onde	where
quando	when
como	how
por que	why
quem	who
qual	which
quanto	how much

Relative adverbs

Relative adverbs are used to introduce a relative clause. An English example might be: “I arrived at the house where I grew up.”

Brazilian Portuguese	English
onde	where
quando	when
como	how
por que	why

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