Portuguese · Sapateiro / chaves
Get shoes repaired: what to say in Portuguese
Your shoes need repairing - heels or soles.
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How it's done. Heels are tacões, the sole is sola; meias-solas are half-soles.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
Pode trocar os tacões?
Pod troo-KAHR oosh tuh-KOYSH?
Can you replace the heels?
THEY SAY
Posso, fica em oito euros.POH-soo, FEE-kuh ayn OY-too EH-oo-roosh.
I can, it's eight euros.
They might also say:
Posso, são oito euros.
POH-soo, sow OY-too EH-oo-roosh.
I can, it's eight euros.
2
YOU REPLY
Está bem. Quando é que fica pronto?
Shtah bayn. KWAHN-doo eh k FEE-kuh PROHN-too?
All right. When will it be ready?
THEY SAY
Fica pronto amanhã.FEE-kuh PROHN-too uh-muh-NYAHN.
It'll be ready tomorrow.
They might also say:
Volte daqui a dois dias.
Volt duh-KEE uh doysh DEE-uhsh.
Come back in two days.
3
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
Pode
Pod
verb
can
trocar
troo-KAHR
verb
to exchange
tacões
tuh-KOYSH
noun
heels, heel tips
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
fica
FEE-kuh
verb
will be
euros
EH-oo-roosh
noun
euros
12 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode mostrar-me?
Pod moosh-TRAHRM?
Can you show me?
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