How do you say 'How old are you' in Portuguese?

Answer 1

The Portuguese equivalent of the English question 'How old are you' is the following: Que idade tens tu?; Que idade tem voce?; or Quantos anos tem voce? The Portuguese pronunciation is the following: Kee ee-DAH-djee the shtoo; Kee ee-DAH-djee teng voh-SAY; and KWAH-ntoo ZAH-noo shteng voh-SAY. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'que' means 'what'; 'idade' 'age; 'tens' and 'tem' '[you] have'; 'tu' and 'voce' 'you'; 'quantos' 'how many'; 'anos' 'years'.

The third example tends to be used in Brazil. The first two examples tend to be used in Portugal. And in Portugal, the speaker differentiates between the 'you', as tu, of children, and the close circle of family and friends; as opposed to the 'you', as voce, of acquaintances outside that circle and of individuals senior in age and rank. But Brazilian Portuguese hasn't kept up the difference, and only has the one form of 'you' as voce.

Answer 2

In Portuguese, you would say "Quantos anos você tem?" to ask someone's age.