Learn Hardcore Portuguese (Brazil): Na terça-feira à noite, eu vou responder ao e-mail da empresa. - On Tuesday night, I am going to reply to the company's email.

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Na terça-feira à noite, eu vou responder ao e-mail da empresa.

Meaning

On Tuesday night, I am going to reply to the company's email.

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Breakdown of Na terça-feira à noite, eu vou responder ao e-mail da empresa.

Why is it na terça-feira instead of just terça-feira?

Na is the contraction of em + a. With days of the week, Brazilian Portuguese very often uses no/na to mean on:

You can sometimes hear just the weekday by itself in certain contexts, but na terça-feira is a very natural, standard way to say on Tuesday.

Why does terça-feira have a hyphen?

The names of weekdays from Monday to Friday are written with -feira and a hyphen:

This is just the standard spelling in Portuguese. Saturday and Sunday are different: sábado and domingo.

What does à noite mean exactly, and why is there an accent in à?