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Lost property office (perdidos e achados): what to say in Portuguese
You're looking for the lost property office (perdidos e achados) at the station.
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How it's done. For things left on a train or the metro, look first at the operator's service (CP, Metro); things found in the street are often handed to the PSP.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
Perdi um guarda-chuva no comboio.
Pir-DEE oon GWAHR-duh-SHOO-vuh noo kom-BOY-oo.
I left an umbrella on the train.
THEY SAY
Quando é que o perdeu?KWAHN-doo eh k oo pir-DEH-oo?
When did you lose it?
2
YOU REPLY
Ontem à noite, no comboio para Sintra.
OHN-tayn uh noyt, noo kom-BOY-oo pruh SEEN-truh.
Last night, on the train to Sintra.
THEY SAY
Como é o guarda-chuva?KOH-moo eh oo GWAHR-duh-SHOO-vuh?
What does the umbrella look like?
3
YOU REPLY
É um guarda-chuva preto, grande.
Eh oon GWAHR-duh-SHOO-vuh PREH-too, grahnd.
It's a big black umbrella.
THEY SAY
Temos aqui três pretos. É algum destes?TEH-mooz uh-KEE tresh PREH-toosh. Eh uhl-GOON DESH-tish?
We have three black ones here. Is it one of these?
They might also say:
Temos três guarda-chuvas pretos. Algum é o seu?
TEH-moozh trezh GWAHR-duh-SHOO-vuhsh PREH-toosh. Uhl-GOON eh oo seh-oo?
We have three black umbrellas. Is one of them yours?
4
YOU FINISH
É este! Obrigado.
Eh esht! Oh-bree-GAH-doo.
It's this one! Thank you.
Speaking as:
Words worth knowing
Perdi
Pir-DEE
verb
(I) lost
guarda-chuva
GWAHR-duh-SHOO-vuh
noun
umbrella
comboio
kom-BOY-oo
noun
train
Quando
KWAHN-doo
adverb
when
é
eh
verb
is
perdeu
pir-DEH-oo
verb
lost (did you lose?)
Ontem
OHN-tayn
adverb
yesterday
noite
noyt
noun
evening
Como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
All the 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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