Fraze utile

Here are some Portuguese words, phrases and numbers to help you order in a bar or restaurant, identify

foods, order different quantities or listen to prices.

To drink: 

•  "O que você quer beber?" - What would you like to drink?

•  "Você quer beber alguma coisa?" - Would you like to drink something?

•  "E para beber?" - And to drink?

•  "Vocês têm um menú de vinhos?" - Do you have wine list?

•  "Para beber quero..." - I would like to drink...

•  "(Eu) queria uma bica / um cafezinho / um espresso" - I'd like an espresso.

•  "Uma cerveja por favor. / Duas cervejas por favor" - A beer please / Two beers please

•  "Um café, se faz favor" -A coffee, please

•  "Uma água sem gás" -Still water

•  "Uma água com gás" - Sparkling water

•  "Uma cerveja" -A beer

•  "Vinho tinto"-Red wine

•  "Vinho branco" -White wine

To eat: 

•  "O que deseja comer?" - What would you like to eat?

•  "O que os senhores(as) querem comer?" - What would you like to eat?

•  "O que você quer comer?" - What would you like to eat?

•  "O que (você) recomenda?"-What do you recommend?

•  "Faça o favor!" - Waiter!

•  "Prato do dia" -Dish of the day

•  "Para mim..."- For me...

•  "(Eu) vou comer..."-I'll have the...

•  "Qual é a entrada / prato principal / sobremesa?" - What starters / main course / dessert do you

have?

•  "(Eu) gostaria ver a ementa por favor" - I would like to see the menu please

•  O menú de sobremesas por favor - The desserts menu please

•  "Para começar quero..." - To start I would like...

•  "Como prato principal quero..." -For the main course I would like...

•  "Para sobremesa quero..." -For dessert I'll have...

•  "Não como carne" - I don't eat meat

•  "(Eu) sou vegetariana" - I'm vegetarian (f.)

•  "(Eu) sou vegetariano"- I'm vegetarian (m.)

•  "Uma mesa para duas pessoas" -A table for two

•  "Tenho uma reserva em nome de ..." - I have a table reserved in the name of ...

•  "(Eu) queria uma mesa perto da janela" - I would like a table near to the window.

•  "Isso não é o que eu encomendei" - That's not what I ordered

•  "A conta por favor" - The bill (check) please

•  "O serviço está incluído?" - Is service included?

•  "Acho que há um erro na conta" - I think there is a mistake in the bill.

Numbers: 

um one

dois (doysh) two

três (tresh) three

vinte twenty

trinta thirty

quarenta (kwarenta) forty

 

quatro (kwatru) four

cinco (sincu) five

seis (saysh) six

seite (sayte) seven

oito (oytu) eight

nove (nov) nine

dez (desh) ten

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cinquenta (sinkwenta) fifty

seisenta (saysenta) sixty

seitenta (saytenta) seventy

oitenta (oytenta) eighty

noventa ninety

cem (sem) one hundred

meio quilo (mayo kilo) half a kilo

duzentas gramas

(doozentash gramash)200 grams

If you are buying sliced meats or cheeses you can either ask for it by weight or by the number of slices

that you want, for instance:

'Seis fatias' (saysh fatee-ash) six slices; se faz favor (se fash fav-or) please.

Cuvinte referitoare la hrana

Daily staples: 

•  Milk - "leite" comes in skimmed ("magro"), semi-skimmed ("meio gordo") and full fat ("gordo").

•  Cheese - "queijo"; goat's cheese "queijo da cabra"

•  Butter - "manteiga"; margarine "margarina"

•  Bread - "pão"

•  Water - "agua"

•  Tea - "chá"

•  Coffee - "café"

•  Meat - "carne"

•  Fish - "peixe"

Meat shopping: 

•  Chicken - "frango"

•  Turkey - "perú"

•  Pork - "porco"

•  Beef - "vaca"

•  Lamb - "borrego"

•  Veal - "vitela"

•  Rabbit - "coelho"

•  Duck - "pato"

Some of the other words that may come in useful are:

•  Sirloin steak - "bife de vazia"

•  Thin pork steaks - "bifanas"

•  Steak - "bife de vaca"

•  Minute steak - "bitoque"

•  Lamb chops - "costeletas de borrego"

•  Ham - "fiambre"

•  Pork steak - "febras"

•  Pork loin - "lombo de porco"

•  Mince - "picar"

Sometimes a pack of meat will indicate what type of cooking it is suitable for:

 

•  Grill - "grelhar"

•  Roast - "assar"

•  Boil - "cozer"

•  Stew - "estufar"

If you are buying sliced meats you can either ask for it by weight or by the number of slices that you

want, for instance: "Seis fatias" (pronounced "saysh fatee-ash") six slices.

Fish and seafood shopping: 

There is a huge variety of fresh fish and seafood to choose from, both in the supermarkets and at local fish

markets. So that you know what you are looking at:

• Sardine - "sardinha"

• Tuna - "atum"

• Cod - "bacalhau"

• Salmon - "salmão"

• Sea bream - "besugo"

• Small mackerel - "carapau"

• Mackerel - "cavala"

• Cuttlefish - "choco"

• Bream - "dourada"

• Swordfish - "espadarte"

• Sole - "linguado"

• Hake - "pescada"

• Sea bass - "robalo"

• Mullet - "salmonete"

• Monkfish - "tamboril"

• Squid - "lula"

• Octopus - "polvo"

• Clam - "ameijoa"

• Small clam - "conquilha"

• Barnacle - "perceve"

• Oyster - "ostra"

• Cockle - "berbigão"

• Prawn - "camarão"

• Crab - "Carangueijo"

• Crab (large) - "sapateira"

• Lobster - "lagosta"

• Razor clam - "lingueirão"

• Mussel - "mexhilhão"

• Whelk - "búzio"