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Buy stamps and an envelope: what to say in Portuguese
You buy stamps and an envelope.
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How it's done. Stamps are sold not only at the CTT post office but also in many stationery shops (papelaria).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
Queria dois selos para a Ucrânia.
KREE-uh doysh SEH-loosh pruh uh oo-KRAH-nyuh.
I'd like two stamps for Ukraine.
THEY SAY
Para a Ucrânia são um euro e noventa cada.Pruh uh oo-KRAH-nyuh sow oon EH-oo-roo ee noo-VAYN-tuh KAH-duh.
For Ukraine it's one euro ninety each.
They might also say:
Cada selo para a Ucrânia custa um euro e noventa.
KAH-duh SEH-loo pruh uh oo-KRAH-nyuh KOOSH-tuh oon EH-oo-roo ee noo-VAYN-tuh.
Each stamp to Ukraine costs one euro ninety.
2
YOU REPLY
E um envelope, por favor.
Ee oon ayn-vih-LOP, poor fuh-VOR.
And an envelope, please.
THEY SAY
Envelope simples ou almofadado?Ayn-vih-LOP SEEM-pliz oh uhl-moo-fuh-DAH-doo?
A plain envelope or a padded one?
3
YOU REPLY
Simples. Quanto é tudo?
SEEM-plish. KWAHN-too eh TOO-doo?
Plain. How much is that altogether?
THEY SAY
São quatro euros e dez.Sow KWAH-troo EH-oo-rooz ee desh.
That's four euros ten.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
selos
SEH-loosh
noun
postage stamps
são
sow
verb
are (plural)
euro
EH-oo-roo
noun
euro
envelope
ayn-vih-LOP
noun
envelope
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
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