No. 152 in Portuguese
seis
"Seis" means "six" in English.
In a sentence
Eu estive no trabalho por seis horas hoje.
I have been at work for six hours today.
Here, 'seis' is used as a cardinal number to indicate quantity, referring to the amount of hours.
Hoje iremos ao concerto às seis.
Today we will go to the concert at six.
In this sentence, 'seis' refers to the time, indicating the hour for the event.
Os seis alunos foram elogiados pelo professor.
The six students were praised by the teacher.
Here, 'seis' is used as a quantifier to specify the number of students discussed.
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