Portuguese Phrase
A partir de quando você está disponível?
Meaning
The sentence asks the listener to specify the exact date or time from which they will be free or able to do something. It is a polite way to clarify the start of a period of availability.
When to use
Use this question when you are arranging meetings, appointments, trips, or any activity that requires knowing the earliest moment the other person can participate. It works well in both informal chats and semi‑formal business contexts.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Apartirdequandovocêestádisponível?
A partir de
A prepositional phrase meaning ‘starting from’ or ‘as of’. It is followed by a point in time.
quando
Interrogative adverb meaning ‘when’. It asks for a point in time.
você
Second‑person singular pronoun used in most of Brazil; neutral but informal.
está
Present indicative of the verb estar, used for temporary states or locations.
disponível
Adjective meaning ‘available, free’. It agrees in gender and number with the subject.
🗨In Conversation
A partir de quando você está disponível?
From when are you available?
A partir de segunda‑feira, às 14h, eu estou livre.
Starting Monday, at 2 p.m., I’m free.
✕Common Mistakes
De que você está disponível?
‘De que’ is used for objects, not for points in time. The correct preposition is ‘a partir de’.
A partir de quando você está livre?
‘Livre’ works, but it changes the nuance; ‘disponível’ is more formal and fits the structure of the original phrase.
A partir de quando é que você está disponível?
While common in spoken Portuguese, ‘quando é que’ adds redundancy in this construction and sounds less natural.
↔Alternatives
Quando você ficará livre?
When will you be free?
A partir de que dia você está livre?
From which day are you free?
A partir de quando você pode?
From when can you?
Cultural Tip
In Brazil, ‘você’ is the default second‑person pronoun in everyday conversation, but in formal business settings you might hear ‘o senhor’/‘a senhora’. Also, Brazilians often add a friendly smile or a brief “por favor” after the question to keep the tone courteous.