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Ask about sizes and try clothes on: what to say in Portuguese
In a clothes shop you want to find your size and try it on.
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How it's done. The fitting room is the provador; clothing size is tamanho, and shoe size is número.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
Tem isto no tamanho M?
Tayn EESH-too noo tuh-MAH-nyoo EH-meh?
Do you have this in size M?
THEY SAY
Vou ver no armazém.Voh vehr noo uhr-muh-ZAYN.
I'll check in the stockroom.
They might also say:
Deixe-me ver no armazém.
Daysh-m vehr noo uhr-muh-ZAYN.
Let me check in the stockroom.
2
YOU REPLY
Onde é o provador?
Ohnd eh oo proo-vuh-DOR?
Where's the fitting room?
THEY SAY
O provador é ali ao fundo.Oo proo-vuh-DOR eh uh-LEE ow FOON-doo.
The fitting room is over there at the end.
3
YOU FINISH
Obrigado.
Oh-bree-GAH-doo.
Thank you.
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
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
tamanho
tuh-MAH-nyoo
noun
size
M
EH-meh
noun
size M
Vou
Voh
verb
(I) go
ver
vehr
verb
to have a look, to see
armazém
uhr-muh-ZAYN
noun
stockroom
10 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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