Portuguese · Festa de anos
What the price includes, whether you can bring your own cake, the deposit: what to say in Portuguese
You're arranging a birthday at a play centre: what's included, whether you can bring your own cake, and how payment works.
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How it's done. Before booking, check what's included in the price: food, drinks, how long the room is yours, and whether you can bring your own cake.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
O que está incluído na festa?
Oo k shtah een-kloo-EE-doo nuh FESH-tuh?
What's included in the party?
Or say:Há comida e bebidas incluídas?
Uh koo-MIH-duh ee bih-BEE-duhz een-kloo-EE-duhsh?
THEY SAY
Estão incluídos o lanche e o sumo.Shtow een-kloo-EE-dooz oo lahnsh ee oo SOO-moo.
The snack and juice are included.
They might also say:
A sala é sua durante duas horas.
Uh SAH-luh eh SOO-uh doo-RAHNT DOO-uhz OH-ruhsh.
The room is yours for two hours.
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YOU REPLY
E quanto custa?
Ee KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh?
And how much does it cost?
THEY SAY
São vinte euros por criança.Sow veent EH-oo-roosh poor kree-AHN-suh.
It's twenty euros per child.
3
YOU REPLY
Podemos levar o nosso bolo?
Poo-DEH-moosh leh-VAHR oo NOH-soo BOH-loo?
Can we bring our own cake?
THEY SAY
O bolo pode trazer de casa. Para reservar, deixe um sinal.Oo BOH-loo pod truh-ZEHR d KAH-zuh. Pruh rih-zir-VAHR, daysh oon see-NAHL.
You can bring the cake from home. To book, leave a deposit.
4
YOU REPLY
Posso pagar o sinal agora?
POH-soo puh-GAHR oo see-NAHL uh-GOH-ruh?
Can I pay the deposit now?
THEY SAY
Pode, sim. Pode pagar já.Pod, seen. Pod puh-GAHR zhah.
Yes, you can. You can pay now.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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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
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
incluído
een-kloo-EE-doo
adjective
included (in the price)
festa
FESH-tuh
noun
party
Estão
Shtow
verb
are, are located (plural)
incluídos
een-kloo-EE-dooz
adjective
included (masculine plural)
lanche
lahnsh
noun
snack, afternoon snack
33 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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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