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Neighbours invite you to a street festival (Santos Populares): what to say in Portuguese
In June the neighbours invite you to a street festival with sardines (Santos Populares).
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How it's done. Santos Populares - the June street festivals (in Lisbon, Santo António; in Porto, São João): sardines, music and pots of basil (manjerico).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
Hoje à noite há arraial na rua. Venham!Ohzh uh noyt uh uh-ruh-AHL nuh ROO-uh. VAYN-yow!
Tonight there's a street party. Come along!
YOU REPLY
Que bom! Vamos, sim.
K bohn! VAH-moosh, seen.
How lovely! Yes, we'll come.
THEY SAY
Já provou as sardinhas assadas?Zhah proo-VOH uhsh suhr-DEE-nyuhz uh-SAH-duhsh?
Have you tried the grilled sardines yet?
2
YOU REPLY
Ainda não. É a primeira vez.
Uh-EEN-duh now. Eh uh pree-MAY-ruh vesh.
Not yet. It's my first time.
THEY SAY
Então tem de provar, com pão!Ayn-TOW tayn d proo-VAHR, kohn pow!
Then you have to try them, with bread!
They might also say:
Traga as crianças, há música e bailarico.
TRAH-guh uhsh kree-AHN-suhsh, uh MOO-zee-kuh ee bigh-luh-REE-koo.
Bring the children, there's music and dancing.
3
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
Hoje
Ohzh
adverb
today
noite
noyt
noun
evening
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
arraial
uh-ruh-AHL
noun
street festival
rua
ROO-uh
noun
street
Venham
VAYN-yow
verb
come (plural)
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?
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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