Portuguese · Festas e vizinhança
Invite the neighbours for coffee: what to say in Portuguese
You want to invite the neighbours for coffee to get to know them better.
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How it's done. Inviting neighbours for coffee or something sweet is a great way to get into local life; and bring something Ukrainian.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
Querem vir tomar um café lá a casa no sábado?
KEH-rayn veer too-MAHR oon kuh-FEH lah uh KAH-zuh noo SAH-buh-doo?
Would you like to come to our place for a coffee on Saturday?
Or say:Fiz um bolo ucraniano. Querem provar?
Feezh oon BOH-loo oo-kruh-nee-AH-noo. KEH-rayn proo-VAHR?
THEY SAY
Com muito gosto! A que horas?Kohn MWEE-too GOSH-too! Uh k OH-ruhsh?
With pleasure! What time?
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YOU REPLY
Às quatro, pode ser?
Uhsh KWAH-troo, pod sehr?
At four, would that suit you?
THEY SAY
Que simpático! Levamos uma sobremesa.K seem-PAH-tee-koo! Lih-VAH-mooz OO-muh soo-brih-MEH-zuh.
How kind! We'll bring a dessert.
They might also say:
Que amável! Levamos uma sobremesa.
K uh-MAH-vel! Lih-VAH-mooz OO-muh soo-brih-MEH-zuh.
How kind! We'll bring a dessert.
3
YOU REPLY
Não é preciso trazer nada!
Now eh prih-SIH-zoo truh-ZEHR NAH-duh!
There's no need to bring anything!
THEY SAY
Muito obrigado!MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
They might also say:
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
4
YOU FINISH
De nada!
d NAH-duh!
You're welcome!
Or say:Não tem de quê!
now tayn d keh!
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
Querem
KEH-rayn
verb
(you) want (to several people)
vir
veer
verb
to come
tomar
too-MAHR
verb
to drink
café
kuh-FEH
noun
coffee
lá
lah
adverb
there
casa
KAH-zuh
noun
house
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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