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You lost your wallet: ask whether anyone has handed it in: what to say in Portuguese
You've lost your wallet and go back to the shop to ask whether anyone handed it in.
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How it's done. If your wallet had a bank card in it, block it straight away in the bank's app, even if you hope to find the wallet.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 a minha carteira aqui.
Dish-KOOLP, pir-DEE uh MEE-nyuh kuhr-TAY-ruh uh-KEE.
Excuse me, I lost my wallet here.
THEY SAY
De que cor é?D k kor eh?
What colour is it?
2
YOU REPLY
É preta.
Eh PREH-tuh.
It's black.
THEY SAY
O que é que tinha dentro?Oo k eh k TEE-nyuh DAYN-troo?
What was in it?
3
YOU REPLY
Tinha o cartão do banco e documentos.
TEE-nyuh oo kuhr-TOW doo BAHN-koo ee doo-koo-MAYN-toosh.
It had my bank card and documents.
THEY SAY
Está aqui! Confirme o nome, por favor.Shtah uh-KEE! Kohn-FEERM oo nohm, poor fuh-VOR.
Here it is! Please confirm the name.
They might also say:
Deixe o seu contacto, se aparecer ligamos.
Daysh oo seh-oo kohn-TAHK-too, s uh-puh-rih-SEHR lee-GAH-moosh.
Leave your contact details, and we'll call if it turns up.
4
YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado pela ajuda!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo PEH-luh uh-ZHOO-duh!
Thank you very much for your help!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Speaking as:
Words worth knowing
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
perdi
pir-DEE
verb
(I) lost
carteira
kuhr-TAY-ruh
noun
wallet
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
cor
kor
noun
colour
é
eh
verb
is
preta
PREH-tuh
adjective
black (feminine)
tinha
TEE-nyuh
verb
had
dentro
DAYN-troo
adverb
inside (dentro de - within, in: of time)
All the words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't 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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