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You lost your ticket in a pay car park: what to say in Portuguese

You've lost your ticket in a paid car park, and you can't leave without it.

Estacionamento7 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. For a lost car-park ticket you usually pay a fixed daily rate - ask at the cash desk or via the ajuda button.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
Desculpe, perdi o talão do parque.
Dish-KOOLP, pir-DEE oo tuh-LOW doo pahrk.
Sorry, I've lost the car-park ticket.
Or say:Não consigo sair sem o bilhete.
Now kohn-SIH-goo suh-EER sayn oo bee-LYEHT.
THEY SAY
A que horas entrou?
Uh k OH-ruhz ayn-TROH?
What time did you come in?
They might also say:
A que horas é que entrou?
Uh k OH-ruhz eh k ayn-TROH?
What time did you come in?
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2
YOU REPLY
Entrei às dez da manhã.
Ayn-TRAY ahzh dezh duh muh-NYAHN.
I came in at ten in the morning.
THEY SAY
Tem de pagar o dia inteiro.
Tayn d puh-GAHR oo DEE-uh een-TAY-roo.
You'll have to pay for the whole day.
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3
YOU REPLY
Está bem, pago.
Shtah bayn, PAH-goo.
All right, I'll pay.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.
MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
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4
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.

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Words worth knowing

Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
perdi
pir-DEE
verb
(I) lost
talão
tuh-LOW
noun
receipt
parque
pahrk
noun
car park
horas
OH-ruhz
noun
hours
entrou
ayn-TROH
verb
drove in, went in (you)

19 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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