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School party: what to prepare: what to say in Portuguese
The school is preparing a party, and the teacher says what to get ready.
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How it's done. At the end-of-year party (festa de fim de ano) the children often perform - parents are asked for a costume or a simple item in the class colour.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Cada aluno precisa de uma fantasia. A festa é no sábado, às dez.KAH-duh uh-LOO-noo prih-SIH-zuh d OO-muh fahn-tuh-ZEE-uh. Uh FESH-tuh eh noo SAH-buh-doo, ahzh desh.
Each pupil needs a costume. The party is on Saturday, at ten.
They might also say:
Cada aluno precisa de uma fantasia.
KAH-duh uh-LOO-noo prih-SIH-zuh d OO-muh fahn-tuh-ZEE-uh.
Each pupil needs a costume.
YOU REPLY
Que tipo de fantasia?
K TEE-poo d fahn-tuh-ZEE-uh?
What kind of costume?
THEY SAY
De animal, à escolha.D uh-nee-MAHL, uh SHKOH-lyuh.
An animal, your choice.
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YOU REPLY
Os pais também podem ir?
Oosh pighsh tuhm-BAYN POH-dayn eer?
Can the parents come too?
THEY SAY
Claro, estão todos convidados!KLAH-roo, shtow TOH-doosh kohn-vee-DAH-doosh!
Of course, everyone's invited!
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
aluno
uh-LOO-noo
noun
student, pupil
precisa
prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
fantasia
fahn-tuh-ZEE-uh
noun
costume (fancy dress)
festa
FESH-tuh
noun
party
é
eh
verb
is
sábado
SAH-buh-doo
noun
Saturday
23 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?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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