Portuguese · Bomba de gasolina
Ask where to pump up the tyres: what to say in Portuguese
You need to pump up your tyres, and you ask at the petrol station where to do it.
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How it's done. Tyre pressure is pressão dos pneus; the compressor at a petrol station is often free.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
Onde posso pôr ar nos pneus?
Ohnd POH-soo por ahr noosh pneh-oosh?
Where can I put air in my tyres?
Or say:Há máquina para calibrar os pneus?
Uh MAH-kee-nuh pruh kuh-lee-BRAHR oosh pneh-oosh?
THEY SAY
É ali ao lado da lavagem.Eh uh-LEE ow LAH-doo duh luh-VAH-zhayn.
It's over there, next to the car wash.
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YOU REPLY
É preciso pagar?
Eh prih-SIH-zoo puh-GAHR?
Do I have to pay?
THEY SAY
Não, é grátis.Now, eh GRAH-teesh.
No, it's free.
They might also say:
Precisa de uma moeda de um euro.
Prih-SIH-zuh d OO-muh moo-EH-duh d oon EH-oo-roo.
You need a one-euro coin.
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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
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
pôr
por
verb
to put
ar
ahr
noun
air
pneus
pneh-oosh
noun
tyres
É
Eh
verb
is
11 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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