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minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoWeek days in Portuguese, start in Sunday goes to Saturday.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSo why do you use numbers? Domingo and sábado make sense as they’re the same in Spanish
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoBecause catholicism, the roman language names came from pagan gods, and the Portuguese wanted to distance from that. Sunday and Saturday keep their romance name because it had catholic/Jewish religious origin already.
Week days in Portuguese, start in Sunday goes to Saturday.
So why do you use numbers? Domingo and sábado make sense as they’re the same in Spanish
Because catholicism, the roman language names came from pagan gods, and the Portuguese wanted to distance from that. Sunday and Saturday keep their romance name because it had catholic/Jewish religious origin already.