Portuguese · Lavandaria
The assistant asks when you will collect them: what to say in Portuguese
At the dry cleaner's they ask when you'll collect the item.
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How it's done. Keep the dry cleaner's receipt - the clothes are handed back against it.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
Para quando precisa?Pruh KWAHN-doo prih-SIH-zuh?
When do you need it by?
They might also say:
Pode levantar na sexta.
Pod lih-vahn-TAHR nuh SAYSH-tuh.
You can collect it on Friday.
YOU REPLY
Sexta está bem.
SAYSH-tuh shtah bayn.
Friday is fine.
THEY SAY
Guarde o talão.Gwahrd oo tuh-LOW.
Keep the ticket.
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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
quando
KWAHN-doo
adverb
when
precisa
prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
Sexta
SAYSH-tuh
noun
Friday (sexta-feira)
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
bem
bayn
adverb
well
Guarde
Gwahrd
verb
keep, save
5 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?
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