🇬🇧 English from 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil) Todas as palavras
three
/θriː/
A1 number Numbers
🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil): três
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
number

The number 3. It comes after two and before four.

Definição

🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil)

O número três, representado pelos símbolos 3, III, γ, ३, em algarismos arábicos, romanos, gregos e indianos respectivamente.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

The 'th' sound in 'three' is the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ — place your tongue between your teeth and blow. This sound is common in English but rare in many other languages. Practice: think, thank, thirty, three.

Cultural Notes

The number three appears frequently in English culture and stories: three wishes, three little pigs, three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears. 'Third time lucky' means that after two failures, the third attempt will succeed.

Example Sentences

He is holding three golf balls.

"He is holding three golf balls."

🇧🇷 "Ele está segurando três bolas de golfe."

I caught three fish.

"I caught three fish."

🇧🇷 "Eu pesquei três peixes."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

He is holding ___ golf balls.

Practice Quiz

1. The 'th' in 'three' sounds like:
2. 'Third time lucky' means:

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