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Portuguese travel phrases

Portuguese is the language of Brazil and Portugal, and the two sound more different than they look. Brazilian Portuguese opens its vowels and says você; European Portuguese swallows its vowels, turns a final s into “sh” and often leaves “you” out. Everyday words differ too: a train is a trem in Brazil and a comboio in Portugal, breakfast is café da manhã or pequeno-almoço, and the bathroom is the banheiro or the casa de banho. Obrigado and obrigada work in both. Choose a country below, or compare the two side by side.

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Where Portuguese changes from place to place, side by side.

Where is the bathroom?

  • Brazil

    Onde fica o banheiro?

    OHN-jee FEE-kah oo bahn-YAY-roo

  • Portugal

    Onde é a casa de banho?

    OHN-duh eh ah KAH-zuh duh BAH-nyoo

Is breakfast included?

  • Brazil

    O café da manhã está incluso?

    oo kah-FEH dah mah-NYANG es-TAH een-KLOO-zoo

  • Portugal

    O pequeno-almoço está incluído?

    oo puh-KAY-noo-ahl-MOH-soo ish-TAH een-kloo-EE-doo

One ticket, please.

  • Brazil

    Uma passagem, por favor.

    OO-mah pah-SAH-zheng, poor fah-VOR

  • Portugal

    Um bilhete, por favor.

    oong bee-LYAY-tuh, poor fuh-VOHR

What time is the last train?

  • Brazil

    Que horas sai o último trem?

    kee OH-rahs sy oo OOL-chee-moo treng

  • Portugal

    A que horas sai o último comboio?

    ah kuh OH-ruhsh sai oo OOL-tee-moo kohm-BOY-oo

I don't understand

  • Brazil

    Não entendo

    nowng en-TEN-doo

  • Portugal

    Não percebo

    nowng puhr-SAY-boo

Do you have a menu in English?

  • Brazil

    Vocês têm cardápio em inglês?

    voh-SESS teng kar-DAH-pyoo eng eeng-GLESS

  • Portugal

    Tem ementa em inglês?

    tayng ee-MAYN-tuh ayng een-GLAYSH

Goodbye

  • Brazil

    Tchau

    CHOW

  • Portugal

    Adeus

    uh-DEH-oosh

The air conditioning isn't working.

  • Brazil

    O ar-condicionado não está funcionando.

    oo ar-kon-jee-syoh-NAH-doo nowng es-TAH foon-syoh-NAN-doo

  • Portugal

    O ar condicionado não está a funcionar.

    oo ahr kohn-dee-syoo-NAH-doo nowng ish-TAH ah foon-syoo-NAHR

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