Prepositions of place in Portuguese

Ejemplo en portugués para las preposiciones de lugar en portugués

What’s up, guys, are you ok? Let’s learn Portuguese?
Well, guys, in our Dica today, we are going to talk about prepositions of place in Portuguese. Very used in Brazilian Portuguese.

Here we are going to see some prepositions:

Prepositions of place in Portuguese: perto de, na frente de, dentro de, em cima de, longe de, atrás de, fora de, embaixo de, ao lado de, em volta de, entre.

[one_half]Perto de (near /next to)

Longe de (far from)

Ao lado de (beside)

Na frente de (in front of)

Atrás de (behind)

Em volta de (around)

[/one_half][one_half_last]Dentro de (inside)

Fora de (outside / out of)

Entre (between)

Em cima de (on)

Embaixo de (under)

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For you to understand how to use these prepositions of place let’s take a look at some pictures.

Prepositions of place in Portuguese

  • Prepositions of place. Perto de: O avião passa perto da praia. Prepositions of place. Longe de: Eu estou longe de casa.Prepositions of place. Ao lado de: Eles estão ao lado do ex-presidente Lula. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Na frente de: O policial está na frente do ônibus. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Atrás de: Muitas pessoas estão atrás dela.Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Em volta de: Os coqueiros então em volta da piscina. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Dentro de: Você está dentro do meu coração. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Fora de: Estou dormindo fora de casa.Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Entre: Entre dois amores. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Em cima de: O elefante está em cima da bola. Preposiciones de Lugar en Portugués. Ejemplo con Embaixo de: A moto está embaixo do carro.
  • Now that we know some prepositions, let’s see some structures:
  • Examples
  • A Rio & Learn Portuguese School fica perto da praia de Copacabana.
    Rio & Learn Portuguese School is close to Copacabana’s beach.
  • A praia de Copacabana fica longe da praia de Recife.
    Copacabana’s beach is far from Recife’s.
  • O bairro de Copacabana fica ao lado do bairro de Ipanema.
    The neighborhood of Copacabana is next to Ipanema’s.
  • O homem está na frente da televisão.
    The man is in front of the TV.
  • A estação de metrô fica atrás do hotel.
    The metro station is behind the hotel.
  • O livro está dentro da mochila.
    The book is in the backpack.
  • Let’s see if you really understood.
  • Now it’s your turn!
  • Complete the sentences using the prepositions we have just studied:
  1. Eu guardo minhas roupas ____________ armário.
  2. Todos os pratos estão ____________  da mesa.
  3. Minha casa fica ____________ uma escola e uma padaria.
  4. As crianças se esconderam ____________  porta.
  5. Todos se reuniram ____________ da fogueira.
  6. A Rio & Learn fica muito ____________ praia.
  7. Está frio ____________ casa. Melhor levar um casaco.
  8. O bicho papão está ____________ cama.
  1. dentro do
  2. em cima da
  3. entre
  4. atrás da
  5. em volta da
  6. perto da
  7. fora de
  8. embaixo da

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