Famous for its home-produced Mateus Rose, it would only be courteous to ask for a bottle of this delicious wine in the country’s own mother tongue. If this is too much to ask, Portuguese for wine is simply vinho – not too far off our own slang! We’ve also got plenty of other phrases to help you when you’re out and about…
| English |
Portuguese translation |
Pronunciation |
| Where can I get a taxi? |
Onde posso arranjar um taxi? |
On-day poss-oo arran-jar um tax-ee? |
| Where is the restuarant? |
Onde e o restaurante? |
On-day eh oo rist-ow-rant? |
| Where is the bar? |
Onde está o bar? |
On-day-shta oo bar? |
| Where is the bank? |
Onde está o banco? |
On-day-shta oo ban-co? |
| Where can I change money? |
Onde posso trocar dinheiro? |
On-day possoo troo-car din-yay-roo? |
| Where is the petrol station? |
Onde está posto de gasolina? |
On-day shta a bom-ba de gaz-o-leena? |
| Where is the swimming pool? |
Onde esta a piscina? |
On-day shta a pish-eena? |
| Do you accept credit cards? |
Você aceita cartão de crédito? |
Vo-say ass-ayta car-tao de credeet-o? |
| Left |
A esquerda |
A ess- ker-da |
| Right |
A direita |
A dee ray-ta |
| Straight on |
Siga sempre a direito |
Seega sempray a dee ret-ta |
| Stop |
Pare |
Par |
| English |
Portuguese translation |
Pronunciation |
| Can I have a menu please? |
Pode me dar o menu, por favor? |
Pod m dar oo men-you, por fav-or? |
| When is breakfast served? |
Quando é servido o cafe da manha? |
Qwan-do ey ser-veedo oh ca-fay da man-ya? |
| When is lunch served? |
Quando é servido o almoco? |
Qwan-do ey ser-veedo oh al-moss? |
| When is dinner served? |
Quando é servido o jantar? |
Qwan-do ey ser-veedo oh yan-tar? |
| I would like a beer, please |
Eu gostaria a cerveja, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea a sir-veer-ja, poor fav-oor |
| I would like a white wine, please |
Eu gostaria vinho branco, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea vin-ho branco, poor fav-oor |
| I would like a red wine, please |
Eu gostaria vinho tinto, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea vin-ho-chin-ko, poor fav-oor |
| I would like a bottle of white/red wine please |
Eu gostaria garrafa de vinho branco/tinto, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea ga-haffa je vin-ho branco/chin-ko, poor fav-oor |
| A cup of tea/coffee, please |
Eu gostaria o cha/o café, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea o sha/o caf-aya, poor fav-oor |
| I would like a water, please |
Eu gostaria a agua, por favor |
You goss-ta-reea a ag-wa, poor fav-oor |
| I would like a bottle of water, please |
Eu gostaria gaffafa de agua, poor fav-oor |
You goss-ta-reea ga-haffa je ag-wa, poor fav-oor |
| Cheers! |
Tim-tim! |
Tim-tim! |
| Please bring the bill |
Por favor traga-me a conta |
Poor fav-oor traga-may a conta |
| Where are the toilets? |
Onde esta banheiro? |
On-day-shta ban-yer-o? |
