Months of the year in Brazilian Portuguese:
Janeiro
January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year’s Day.
Fevereiro
February is the second month of the year. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day.
Março
March is the third month of the year. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
Abril
April is the fourth month of the year, the first of four months to have a length of 30 days.
Maio
May is the fifth month of the year. May (in Latin, Maius) was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May.
Junho
June is the sixth month of the year. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases).
Julho
July is the seventh month of the year. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., it being the month of his birth.
Agosto
August is the eighth month of the year. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year.
Setembro
September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Outubro
October is the tenth month of the year, from Latin and Greek ôctō meaning “eight”).
Novembro
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning “nine”) when January and February were added to the Roman calendar.
Dezembro
December is the twelfth and the final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is also the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
