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Ask how many days the parcel will wait: what to say in Portuguese

You can't collect the parcel straight away and want to know how long it will wait.

Ponto de recolha5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Storage time at the point is limited: if you don't collect in time, the parcel goes back to the sender.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
Quantos dias fica aqui a encomenda?
KWAHN-toozh DEE-uhsh FEE-kuh uh-KEE uh ayn-koo-MAYN-duh?
How many days will the parcel be kept here?
Or say:Até quando posso levantar?
Uh-TEH KWAHN-doo POH-soo lih-vahn-TAHR?
THEY SAY
Fica aqui sete dias. Depois volta ao remetente.
FEE-kuh uh-KEE set DEE-uhsh. Dih-POYZH VOL-tuh ow rih-mih-TAYNT.
It's kept here for seven days. After that it goes back to the sender.
They might also say:
Tem até sexta-feira. Depois volta ao remetente.
Tayn uh-TEH SAYSH-tuh-FAY-ruh. Dih-POYZH VOL-tuh ow rih-mih-TAYNT.
You have until Friday. After that it goes back to the sender.
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2
YOU REPLY
Está bem, venho amanhã.
Shtah bayn, VEH-nyoo uh-muh-NYAHN.
All right, I'll come tomorrow.
THEY SAY
Combinado.
kom-bee-NAH-doo.
Agreed.
They might also say:
Está combinado.
shtah kom-bee-NAH-doo.
It's agreed.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até amanhã!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH uh-muh-NYAHN!
Thank you, see you tomorrow!
Or say:Obrigado!
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

dias
DEE-uhsh
noun
days
fica
FEE-kuh
verb
will be
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
encomenda
ayn-koo-MAYN-duh
noun
parcel
Depois
Dih-POYZH
adverb
then, after
volta
VOL-tuh
noun
turn, circuit (por volta de - around)

12 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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