Portuguese · Festas e vizinhança
Wish them happy holidays (Natal, Páscoa): what to say in Portuguese
Before the holidays you meet a neighbour and want to wish them well.
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How it's done. At Christmas people say Feliz Natal or Boas Festas, at Easter Boa Páscoa, for New Year Feliz Ano Novo.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
YOU START
Feliz Natal!
Fee-LEEZH nuh-TAHL!
Merry Christmas!
THEY SAY
Igualmente! Para toda a família.Ee-gwuhl-MAYNT! Pruh TOH-duh uh fuh-MEE-lyuh.
Likewise! To your whole family.
They might also say:
Boas festas para si também!
BOH-uhsh FESH-tuhsh pruh see tuhm-BAYN!
Happy holidays to you too!
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
THEY SAY
Boa continuação!BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
All the best!
They might also say:
Até logo!
uh-TEH LOH-goo!
See you later!
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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
Feliz
Fee-LEEZH
adjective
happy
Natal
nuh-TAHL
noun
Christmas
Igualmente
Ee-gwuhl-MAYNT
adverb
likewise
família
fuh-MEE-lyuh
noun
family
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
continuação
koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW
noun
continuation
4 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.
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