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Order food to take away: what to say in Portuguese

You want to take lunch from a restaurant home or to work.

Restaurante7 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. To take away in Portuguese is para levar; many people also say it in English: take-away.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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YOU START
Boa tarde. Fazem take-away?
BOH-uh tahrd. FAH-zayn tayk-ow-AY?
Good afternoon. Do you do takeaway?
THEY SAY
Sim, claro. O que vai ser?
Seen, KLAH-roo. Oo k vigh sehr?
Yes, of course. What'll it be?
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2
YOU REPLY
Queria uma dose de frango, para levar.
KREE-uh OO-muh doz d FRAHN-goo, pruh lvahr.
I'd like a portion of chicken, to take away.
THEY SAY
É para levar agora ou para mais tarde?
Eh pruh lvahr uh-GOH-ruh oh pruh mighsh tahrd?
Is it to take now or later?
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3
YOU REPLY
Para agora, por favor.
Pruh uh-GOH-ruh, poor fuh-VOR.
Now, please.
THEY SAY
Fica pronto em dez minutos.
FEE-kuh PROHN-too ayn dezh mee-NOO-toosh.
It'll be ready in ten minutes.
They might also say:
Daqui a um quarto de hora está pronto.
Duh-KEE uh oon KWAHR-too d OH-ruh shtah PROHN-too.
It'll be ready in a quarter of an hour.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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Words worth knowing

Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
tarde
tahrd
noun
afternoon
Fazem
FAH-zayn
verb
do (do you have?)
take-away
tayk-ow-AY
noun
takeaway
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
claro
KLAH-roo
adverb
of course

23 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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