Word
Daqui a duas horas, a reunião terminará; espero que não seja chata.
Meaning
In two hours, the meeting will end; I hope it is not boring.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Daqui a duas horas, a reunião terminará; espero que não seja chata.
ser
to be
não
not
que
that
a reunião
the meeting
Questions & Answers about Daqui a duas horas, a reunião terminará; espero que não seja chata.
Why do we say Daqui a duas horas instead of Em duas horas?
Both are possible, but they’re not identical.
- Daqui a duas horas = two hours from now. It explicitly anchors the time to the present moment.
- Literally: daqui (from here, in time) a (to) duas horas (two hours).
- Em duas horas can mean:
- in two hours (from now), in many contexts (often interchangeable with daqui a duas horas), or
- within two hours / taking two hours: Ele fez a prova em duas horas = “He did the test in two hours.”
In your sentence, Daqui a duas horas sounds very natural and clear: From now, in two hours, the meeting will finish.
Why is it daqui a duas horas and not daqui duas horas or daqui de duas horas?
Daqui a + time period is a fixed structure:
- daqui a cinco minutos – in five minutes (from now)
- daqui a duas horas – in two hours (from now)
- daqui a uma semana – in a week (from now)
You need the preposition a here.
Daqui duas horas is considered incorrect, and daqui de duas horas doesn’t work either.
Think of daqui a as a chunk you memorize: daqui a + [amount of time].
Why is it a duas horas and not em duas horas after daqui?