Top 50 phrases to get by Portugal: Getting around and shopping
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Key Phrases
Onde é a casa de banho?
Where is the bathroom?
Quero ir para...
I want to go to...
Quanto custa?
How much?
Skills You'll Learn
Asking for locations
Perguntar por localizações
Navigational phrases
Frases de navegação
Handling financial transactions
Lidar com transações financeiras
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Onde é...?
on-deh eh
Where is...?
Onde é a casa de banho?
on-deh eh ah kah-zah djee bahn-yoo
Where is the bathroom?
💬 [de] + [o] becomes [do], so [casa de banho] is often said a bit like one chunk. The same thing happens in [estação do metro].
See breakdown →Onde é a estação de metro?
on-deh eh ah eh-stah-sao djee meh-troo
Where is the metro station?
💬 [de] + [o] becomes [do], so [estação de metro] is very commonly [estação do metro]. Watch for this same merge in lots of everyday Portuguese.
See breakdown →Táxi
tah-ksee
Taxi
💬 The written [á] shows the stress: [Táxi] is said like (TAK-see), not like English (TAK-see) with a reduced last vowel. In Portugal, that final [i] is usually very clear.
See breakdown →Esquerda
ehsh-kair-dah
Left
Direita
jee-ray-tah
Right
Em frente
eeng frehn-teh
Straight ahead
Quero ir para...
keh-roo eer pah-rah
I want to go to...
💬 After [ir], Portuguese uses [para] for the destination: [ir para Lisboa], [ir para casa]. You can reuse the whole frame [Quero ir para...] with almost any place.
See breakdown →Esta morada
ehs-tah moh-rah-dah
This address
🇵🇹 Useful when showing a phone screen, map, or paper to a taxi driver or passer-by. On its own, [Esta morada] sounds like you're pointing something out rather than making a full sentence.
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