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Portuguese Prepositions

This is a list of prepositions in Portuguese. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.

On top of: em cima de
Under: debaixo de
Inside: dentro de
Outside: fora de
Behind: atrás de
In front of: em frente de
Near: perto
Between: entre

These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.

After: depois
Before: antes
With: com
Without: sem
Since: desde
Until: até
Of: de
From: de
To: para
Instead of: em vez de
In: em
Against: contra
As: como
About: sobre
For: para

The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.

And: e
Or: ou
But: mas
So: então

Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.

I'm from Japan: Sou do Japão
The pen is under the desk: A caneta está debaixo da mesa
The letter is inside the book: A carta está dentro do livro
Can I practice Italian with you?: Posso praticar o italiano contigo?
I was born in Miami: Nasci em Miami
I speak French but with an accent: Eu falo francês mas com pronúncia

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