Portuguese · Festa de anos
Phone call: book a room for your child's birthday: what to say in Portuguese
You phone the entertainment centre to book a room for your child's birthday.
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How it's done. Queria reservar a sala para uma festa de anos - "I'd like to book the room for 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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Bom dia, diga.Bohn DEE-uh, DEE-guh.
Good morning, go ahead.
They might also say:
Bom dia, em que posso ajudar?
Bohn DEE-uh, ayn k POH-soo uh-zhoo-DAHR.
Good morning, how can I help?
Estou, sim?
Shtoh, seen?
Hello?
YOU REPLY
Bom dia. Queria reservar a sala para uma festa de anos.
Bohn DEE-uh. KREE-uh rih-zir-VAHR uh SAH-luh pruh OO-muh FESH-tuh d AH-noosh.
Good morning. I'd like to book the room for a birthday party.
THEY SAY
Para que dia? E quantas crianças?Pruh k DEE-uh? Ee KWAHN-tuhsh kree-AHN-suhsh?
For which day? And how many children?
2
YOU REPLY
Para sábado, às três da tarde. Somos dez crianças, mais ou menos.
Pruh SAH-buh-doo, uhsh tresh duh tahrd. SOH-moozh desh kree-AHN-suhsh, mighz oh MEH-noosh.
For Saturday, at three in the afternoon. There are about ten children.
THEY SAY
Está livre. Quer que reserve?Shtah leevr. Kehr k rih-ZEHRV?
It's free. Shall I book it?
3
YOU REPLY
Sim, pode reservar, por favor.
Seen, pod rih-zir-VAHR, poor fuh-VOR.
Yes, please book it.
THEY SAY
Fica em nome de quem?FEE-kuh ayn nohm d kayn?
Whose name shall I put it under?
4
YOU REPLY
Em nome de Olena Kovalenko.
Ayn nohm d Oh-LEH-nuh Koh-vuh-LAYN-koh.
In the name of Olena Kovalenko.
THEY SAY
Fica anotado.FEE-kuh uh-noo-TAH-doo.
Noted.
They might also say:
Está registado.
shtah rih-zheesh-TAH-doo.
It's registered.
5
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
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
diga
DEE-guh
verb
say
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
reservar
rih-zir-VAHR
verb
to book
sala
SAH-luh
noun
room, hall
36 more 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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