Às 09:00
At 09:00
Language note: “às” = “a + as” (at + the, feminine plural) used with hours: às 9, às 14:30.
Culture note: You can say it aloud as “às nove” or “às nove em ponto” (at nine sharp).
Context: The clerk provides the time for that departure.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Às
[ash]
at (the)
Contraction of “a” + “as” (at + the, feminine plural); used with clock times.
Às 09:00, o Intercidades já sai de Campanhã.
At 09:00, the Intercidades already departs from Campanhã.
09:00
[nove horas da manhã]
09:00 (nine o’clock)
Time on the clock; in Portugal you can say “nove horas” or “nove em ponto”.
O comboio sai às 09:00, por isso chego antes das 09:00.
The train leaves at 09:00, so I arrive before 09:00.
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