Portuguese · Café / Pastelaria
Order breakfast: toast and juice: what to say in Portuguese
Morning, and you want a proper breakfast at a pastelaria: toast and a coffee.
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How it's done. Breakfast is pequeno-almoço; buttered toast is a torrada, and a hot sandwich is a tosta.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Bom dia! Diga.Bohn DEE-uh! DEE-guh.
Good morning! Go ahead.
They might also say:
Bom dia! O que vai ser?
Bohn DEE-uh! Oo k vigh sehr?
Good morning! What'll it be?
YOU REPLY
Queria uma torrada, por favor.
KREE-uh OO-muh too-RAH-duh, poor fuh-VOR.
I'd like a buttered toast, please.
THEY SAY
E para beber?Ee pruh bih-BEHR?
And to drink?
They might also say:
Para beber, o que vai ser?
Pruh bih-BEHR, oo k vigh sehr?
What will you have to drink?
2
YOU REPLY
Um galão, por favor.
Oon guh-LOW, poor fuh-VOR.
A galão, please.
Or say:Só um copo de água, por favor.
Soh oon KOH-poo d AH-gwuh, poor fuh-VOR.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
3
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
Diga
DEE-guh
verb
say
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
torrada
too-RAH-duh
noun
buttered toast
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
10 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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