Basic Portuguese Phrases
These are complete sentences, usable exactly as they are. They use você, which in Brazil covers both polite and casual situations.
Introducing yourself
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Meu nome é …
meh-oo NOH-mee eh
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My name is …
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Eu me chamo …
eh-oo mee SHAH-moo
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My name is …
Literally I call myself
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Como você se chama?
KOH-moo voh-SEH see SHAH-mah
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What is your name?
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Eu sou de …
eh-oo soh jee
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I am from …
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Estou aprendendo português
es-TOH ah-pren-DEN-doo por-too-GEHS
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I am learning Portuguese
When you are stuck
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Não entendo
nowng en-TEN-doo
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I don't understand
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Você fala inglês?
voh-SEH FAH-lah een-GLEHS
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Do you speak English?
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Pode repetir?
POH-jee heh-peh-CHEER
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Could you repeat that?
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Mais devagar, por favor
myss deh-vah-GAR poor fah-VOR
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Slower, please
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Não sei
nowng say
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I don't know
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Como se diz … em português?
KOH-moo see jeez ang por-too-GEHS
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How do you say … in Portuguese?
Out and about
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Onde fica …?
ON-jee FEE-kah
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Where is …?
For places. Onde está for things and people
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Onde fica o banheiro?
ON-jee FEE-kah oo bah-NYAY-roo
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Where is the toilet?
casa de banho in Portugal
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Quanto custa?
KWAN-too KOOS-tah
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How much is it?
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Eu queria …
eh-oo keh-REE-ah
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I would like …
The polite way to order
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A conta, por favor
ah KON-tah poor fah-VOR
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The bill, please
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Você pode me ajudar?
voh-SEH POH-jee mee ah-zhoo-DAR
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Can you help me?
Fica or está
Onde fica asks where something permanently is: a street, a building, a city. Onde fica a estação?
Onde está asks where something is right now: your phone, your friend. Onde está o meu celular?
Using está for a building is understood but marks you as a learner straight away.
In Brazil você works for nearly everyone. Save o senhor and a senhora for someone notably older or a formal setting.
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