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Portuguese Language: Travel Basics

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Learning a few simple Portuguese words and phrases will certainly enhance your visit to Portugal and should go a long way in winning over your Portuguese hosts.

Portuguese can claim to be a global language and is spoken in Portugal, Brazil and several African countries: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe as well as East Timor in South East Asia. There are estimated to be over 270 million speakers of Portuguese around the world with the greatest number to be found in Brazil in South America.

Portuguese owes its global spread as a language to the exploration and colonialism of the Portuguese nation, the so-called "Age of Exploration" beginning in the 15th century.

Portuguese is a Latin language in origin and has simularities to both Spanish and Italian.

See our Language Book section for a selection of travel phrasebooks and books on learning Portuguese.

 

 

The Basics

yes sim
no não
Where is? onde é
How much? quanto custa
Ticket bilhete
Thank you obrigado
Toilet casa de banho
food comida
drink bebida
water água
Excuse me/I'm sorry desculpe

Meeting People

Hello olá
Goodbye adeus
My name is .. chamo me
What is your name? como se chama
How are you? como está/como estás
Fine bem obrigado
I'm from England sou da Inglaterra
I'm from Scotland sou da Escícia
I'm from America sou dos Estados Unidos
I'm from Wales sou do País de Gales
I'm from Ireland sou da Irlanda
I love you amo-te

General

Excuse me, where is the subway/underground? onde é a estação do metro?
Where is the train station? onde é a estação?
Take me to the airport please leve-me para o aeroporto faz favor
Do you have any vacancies? tem algum quarto livre?
Draught beer (large) uma caneca
Beer uma cerveja
Big grande
Small pequeno

Emergencies

Call the police! chame a polícia!
Call an ambulance! chamen auma ambulancia!
I want to contact the embassy queria contactar com a minha embaixada

Stadium Stuff

football futebol
The European Championship Campeonato da Europa
Goal o golo
Penalty um penalty
Corner kick um canto
Red card cartão vermelho
Yellow card cartão amarelo
Referee o árbitro
Goalkeeper o guarda-redes
F%ck off! vai á merda!

Numbers

1 um/uma
2 dois/duas
3 tres
4 quatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 sete
8 oito
9 nove
10 dez
50 cinquenta
100 cem
1000 mil

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