How to Say “How Was Your Day?” in Brazilian Portuguese

Como foi o seu dia?
everyday, Brazil
In Brazilian Portuguese "how was your day?" is Como foi o seu dia? In speech people drop the article and say Como foi seu dia? It is also called Como foi o dia?
Meaning: question about someone's day (phrase)

Ways to say it

“how was your day?” in Portuguese
Portuguese Note
Como foi o seu dia? everyday, Brazil
Como foi o dia? casual
Como foi seu dia? casual, Brazil

Brazilians use this with partners, family and close friends, often at the end of the day. The usual answer is Foi bom or Foi corrido, meaning "it was busy".

Is it said differently in some regions?

In Portugal people say Como foi o teu dia? because they use teu with tu. In most of Brazil seu is the normal form.

Did you know?

  • Corrido literally means "run" and Brazilians use it to describe a day with no free moment.

Examples in context

  • Foi corrido, mas bom.
    It was busy, but good.
  • Como foi seu dia no trabalho?
    How was your day at work?

Example conversation

Natália and her husband Gustavo talk over dinner in Belo Horizonte.

  1. Gustavo

    Como foi o seu dia?
    How was your day?
  2. Natália

    Foi corrido. E o seu?
    It was busy. And yours?
  3. Gustavo

    Foi tranquilo.
    It was calm.
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