com os dias contados
Portuguese, prepositional phrase
com os dias contados is a Portuguese prepositional phrase meaning “decadent, declining, having one's day numbered, approaching an end, not having much time left” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does com os dias contados mean in English?
prepositional phrase
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decadent, declining, having one's day numbered, approaching an end, not having much time left
Meu avô está com os dias contados.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).