Learn Portuguese (Portugal): O supermercado abre ao domingo em março. - The supermarket opens on Sunday in March.

O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

The supermarket opens on Sunday in March.

Breakdown of O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

to the / at the (m.sg; f.sg à, m.pl aos, f.pl às)

Questions & Answers about O supermercado abre ao domingo em março.

Why is março written with a lowercase letter?

In Portuguese, months of the year like março (March) are not capitalized unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.

Why do we say em março instead of no março?

When saying something happens "in" a specific month, you just use the simple preposition em (in). You don't add the word for "the" (which would combine with em to make no).

Why does Sunday use ao (ao domingo) while March just uses em (em março)?

Days of the week and months follow slightly different rules. To say "on [Day]", Portuguese uses the preposition a combined with the masculine "the" (o) to make ao (literally "at the Sunday"). For months, you just use em (in) with no article.

What is the infinitive (dictionary form) of the verb abre?

It comes from the regular verb abrir (to open). Because o supermercado acts as an "it" (third-person singular), we drop the -ir ending and add -e to make abre.