How to Say "Junior" in Portuguese

júnior

The Portuguese word for "junior" (as in younger) is júnior.

Meaning: younger (adj)

How does it change in a sentence?

júnior is an invariable adjective in terms of gender, meaning it does not change its form whether it refers to a male or a female.

If you are describing a person as 'júnior' in a professional context in Brazil, it often functions as a job grade rather than a comment on their age.
The word júnior is a learned borrowing from the Latin iūnior, which was a contracted version of iuvenior.
In Brazil, júnior is commonly used as a proper name or a legal suffix for children who share the exact same name as their fathers.

Após ter sido halterofilista durante 15 anos, ele decidiu que queria fazer outra coisa, por isso ele assumiu o cargo de treinador da equipa júnior do Irão de 2005 a 2007.
After being a lifter for 15 years, he decided he wanted to do something else, so he took over coaching Iran's junior team from 2005 to 2007.
This sentence shows how júnior is used to describe a sports team.
Tatoeba #11220027 by Cangarejo, translation #11220026 by Cangarejo
Eles reduziam Hegel a meias folhas de papel, sugeriam profanamente várias interpretações para Petrónio, especulavam sem reverência sobre os hábitos mais obscuros da humanidade desde Aristóteles até ao prior júnior.
They reduced Hegel to half-sheets of paper, suggested profanely various readings for Petronius, speculated without reverence on the darker habits of mankind from Aristotle to the Junior Prior.
This sentence illustrates the use of júnior as a title or descriptor.
Tatoeba #11591812 by Cangarejo, translation #11591811 by Cangarejo

Gabriel and Mariana are talking about their family members.

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