Do you take a nap during the day? Some say that it is healthy to take a short nap after lunch. Kitties know all about it. My sweet Amahle is taking a nap on my lap as I write this 🙂

At my parents’ place, in Brazil, everyone naps after lunch on the weekends. When I am there, I adhere to the habit. It feels good to take a nap in a hammock with the birds chirping outside 🙂

Today I will show you how to talk about naps in Portuguese. Watch the video:

How to say Nap in Portuguese

There are two words to say “a nap” in Portuguese:

• Um cochilo
• Uma soneca

How to say To Take a Nap in Portuguese

Here is how you say to take a nap in Portuguese:

• Tirar um cochilo
• Tirar uma soneca

You can also say:

• Cochilar = to nap

Both Tirar and Cochilar are regular verbs. You can practice the present and past tenses of regular verbs with my Flashcard App for Android devices.

Examples:

1)

Dizem que é saudável tirar um cochilo curto depois do almoço.

= They say it’s healthy to take a short nap after lunch.

2)

Ontem eu tirei uma soneca rápida antes de pegar a estrada.

= Yesterday I took a quick nap before hitting the road.

3)

Você tem o hábito de cochilar de tarde?

= Do you have the habit of taking an afternoon nap?

4)

No Brasil, eu gosto de cochilar na rede.

= In Brazil, I like to nap in the hammock.

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