Portuguese Phrase
Quais são os meses de verão?
Meaning
The question asks for the names of the months that belong to the summer season. It can refer to any region, but the answer will differ between the Southern and Northern Hemispheres.
When to use
Use this phrase when you are talking about weather, planning a vacation, discussing school calendars, or simply curious about how seasons are divided in a particular country.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Quaissãoosmesesdeverão?
Quais (interrogative pronoun)
Used to ask about plural items; matches the plural noun that follows.
São (verb ser)
Third‑person plural of 'ser', used for identification or definition.
Os (definite article)
Plural masculine article that agrees with 'meses'.
Meses (noun)
Plural of 'mês', meaning 'month'.
De (preposition)
Links the noun 'meses' with the period 'verão' (of summer).
Verão (noun)
Means 'summer', the warmest season of the year.
🗨In Conversation
Quais são os meses de verão?
What are the summer months?
No Brasil, são dezembro, janeiro e fevereiro. Já em Portugal, são junho, julho e agosto.
In Brazil, they are December, January and February. In Portugal, they are June, July and August.
✕Common Mistakes
Qual é os meses de verão?
Use 'Quais' for plural nouns; 'Qual' is singular.
São os meses de verão quais?
In Portuguese the interrogative pronoun normally comes at the beginning of the sentence.
Quais são os mês de verão?
The noun must agree in number with the article and adjective.
↔Alternatives
Que meses correspondem ao verão?
Which months correspond to summer?
Em que meses ocorre o verão?
In which months does summer occur?
Cultural Tip
Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere, so its summer runs from December to February. In Portugal and most of Europe, summer is June through August. When teaching this phrase, point out the hemispheric difference to avoid confusion for learners from different parts of the world.