Portuguese · Estafeta
The courier cannot find the address: what to say in Portuguese
The courier phones: he can't find your street or building.
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How it's done. Landmarks help best: ao lado do café - next to the café, em frente à farmácia - opposite the pharmacy.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
Não estou a encontrar a morada.Now shtoh uh ayn-kohn-TRAHR uh moo-RAH-duh.
I can't find the address.
They might also say:
Estou na rua, mas não vejo o número.
Shtoh nuh ROO-uh, mahzh now VEH-zhoo oo NOOM-roo.
I'm on the street, but I can't see the number.
YOU REPLY
É ao lado do café.
Eh ow LAH-doo doo kuh-FEH.
It's next to the café.
THEY SAY
Ah, já estou a ver.Uh, zhah shtoh uh vehr.
Ah, I can see it now.
They might also say:
Está bem, vou dar a volta.
Shtah bayn, voh dahr uh VOL-tuh.
All right, I'll go round.
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YOU REPLY
Estou à espera na porta.
Shtoh uh SHPEH-ruh nuh POR-tuh.
I'm waiting at the door.
THEY SAY
Já vou.zhah voh.
I'm coming.
They might also say:
Já estou a chegar.
zhah shtoh uh shih-GAHR.
I'm just arriving.
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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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Não
Now
adverb
no
estou
shtoh
verb
I am
encontrar
ayn-kohn-TRAHR
verb
to find
morada
moo-RAH-duh
noun
address
É
Eh
verb
is
lado
LAH-doo
noun
side (ao lado de - next to)
13 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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