Study Resource: Types of adverbs in Brazilian Portuguese

On this page, we will provide you with some of the most common Brazilian Portuguese adverbs of different types.

Adverbs of quantity or intensity answer the question “to what extent?”

Adverbs of manner answer the questions “how?” or “in what way?”

Adverbs of frequency answer the question “how often?”

Adverbs of time answer the question “when?”

Adverbs of time answer the question “where?”

Adverbs of negation make a positive word, phrase, or clause negative.

Adverbs of affirmation confirm that something is true.

Adverbs of doubt express uncertainty or doubt that something is true.

Interrogative adverbs are used to ask questions that would be answered with an adverb or adverbial phrase.

Relative adverbs are used to introduce a relative clause. An English example might be: “I arrived at the house where I grew up.”