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THE ROUGH GUIDE
PORTUGUESE
PHRASEBOOK
Compiled by
LEXUS
www.roughguides.com
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Compiled by Lexus with Norma de Oliviera Tait
Lexus Series Editor: Sally Davies
Rough Guides Reference Director: Andrew Lockett
Rough Guides Series Editor: Mark Ellingham
First edition published in 1996.
Reprinted in 1998.
Revised in 1999.
Reprinted in 2004.
This updated edition published in 2006 by
Rough Guides Ltd,
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL
345 Hudson St, 4th Floor, New York 10014, USA
Email: [email protected].
Distributed by the Penguin Group.
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Printed in Italy by LegoPrint S.p.A
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from
the publisher except for the quotation of brief passages in reviews.
© Lexus Ltd 2006
288pp.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 13: 978-1-84353-631-4
ISBN 10: 1-84353-631-5
The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure
the accuracy and currency of all information in The Rough
Guide Portuguese Phrasebook however, they can accept no
responsibility for any loss or inconvenience sustained by any
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CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Basic Phrases 8
Scenarios 13
English - Portuguese 31
Portuguese- English 130
Menu Reader
Food...........................................................................................................214
Drink ..........................................................................................................234
Basics
Pronunciation.....................................................................................241
Abbreviations .....................................................................................241
Nouns.......................................................................................................242
Articles.....................................................................................................243
Adjectives and Adverbs............................................................245
Possessive Pronouns..................................................................250
Personal Pronouns........................................................................251
Demonstratives ................................................................................255
Verbs .........................................................................................................256
Questions ..............................................................................................269
Dates .........................................................................................................270
Days...........................................................................................................270
Months.....................................................................................................270
Time...........................................................................................................271
Numbers.................................................................................................272
Conversion Tables..........................................................................274
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Introduction B
The Rough Guide Portuguese phrasebook is a highly practi- A
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in clear A-Z style, it uses key-word referencing to lead you C
straight to the words and phrases you want – so if you need S
to book a room, just look up ‘room’. The Rough Guide gets
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new edition, a set of Scenariodialogues illustrating questions ti
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directions. You can hear these and then download them free
fromwww.roughguides.com/phrasebooksfor use on your
computer or MP3 player.
Forming the heart of the guide, theEnglish-Portuguesesec-
tion gives easy-to-use transliterations of the Portuguese words
wherever pronunciation might be a problem. Throughout this
section, cross-references enable you to pinpoint key facts and
phrases, while asterisked words indicate where further informa-
tion can be found in a section at the end of the book called How
the Language Works. This section sets out the fundamental
rules of the language, with plenty of practical examples. You’ll
also find here other essentials like numbers, dates, telling the
time and basic phrases. In the Portuguese-English dictionary,
we’ve given you not just the phrases you’ll be likely to hear
(starting with a selection of slang and colloquialisms) but also
many of the signs, labels, instructions and other basic words you
may come across in print or in public places.
Near the back of the book too the Rough Guide offers an
extensive Menu Reader. Consisting of food and drink sections
(each starting with a list of essential terms), it’s indispensable
whether you’re eating out, stopping for a quick drink, or
browsing through a local food market.
boa viagem!
have a good trip!
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Basic
Phrases
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B yes thanks, thank you
A sim (said by man/woman) obrigado/
S seeng obrigada
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C obrigadoo
no
P não no thanks, no thank you
H nowng não obrigado/obrigada
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A OK nowng
S está bem thank you very much
E
S shta bayng muito obrigado/obrigada
mweengtoo
don’t mention it
hello/hi
não tem de quê
olá
nowng tayng di kay
good morning
not at all
bom dia
de nada
bong dee-a
di
good evening/good night
boa noite
boh-a noh-it how do you do?
muito prazer
see you!
mweengtoo prazayr
até logo!
atehlogoo how are you?
como está?
goodbye kohmoo shta
adeus
aday-oosh fine, thanks
(said by man/woman) bem,
obrigado/obrigada
please bayng obrigadoo
se faz favor, por favor pleased to meet you
si fash favohr, poor favohr (said to man/woman) muito
prazer em conhecê-lo/
yes please
sim, por favor conhecê-la
mweengtoo prazayr ayng kon-
seeng
yisayloo
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Description:The Rough Guide phrasebook will have you speaking Portuguese as soon as you arrive. This revised third edition includes 16-pages of additional scenario material, from asking for directions and hiring a car to ordering a beer and reserving a hotel room. Recorded by native Portuguese speakers, the sce
