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Birthday: invite the children from the group: what to say in Portuguese
It's your child's birthday, and you want to invite the children from the class.
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How it's done. In conversation, a birthday in Portuguese is os anos: festa de anos - a birthday party.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
No sábado o Ivan faz anos. Posso deixar convites para a turma?
Noo SAH-buh-doo oo Ee-VAHN fahz AH-noosh. POH-soo day-SHAHR kohn-VEE-tish pruh uh TOOR-muh?
It's Ivan's birthday on Saturday. Can I leave invitations for the class?
THEY SAY
Claro! Pomos nas mochilas. Pode trazer um bolo para cantar os parabéns.KLAH-roo! POH-moozh nuhzh moo-SHEE-luhsh. Pod truh-ZEHR oon BOH-loo pruh kahn-TAHR oosh puh-ruh-BAYNSH.
Of course! We'll put them in the rucksacks. You can bring a cake so we can sing happy birthday.
They might also say:
Claro! Pomos nas mochilas.
KLAH-roo! POH-moozh nuhzh moo-SHEE-luhsh.
Of course! We'll put them in the rucksacks.
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YOU FINISH
Que bom, obrigado!
K bohn, oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Great, thank you!
THEY SAY
De nada. Boa continuação!d NAH-duh. BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
You're welcome. All the best!
They might also say:
De nada. Até logo!
d NAH-duh. uh-TEH LOH-goo!
You're welcome. See you later!
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
sábado
SAH-buh-doo
noun
Saturday
faz
fahz
verb
does, makes
anos
AH-noosh
noun
years
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
deixar
day-SHAHR
verb
to leave
convites
kohn-VEE-tish
noun
invitations
24 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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