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Ask for a bag and your change: what to say in Portuguese

You're paying in cash and want a bag and your change.

Mercado7 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At the market a big note may not be accepted for lack of change, so it's better to have smaller ones.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 troco de vinte?
Tayn TROH-koo d veent?
Do you have change for twenty?
THEY SAY
Não tem mais pequeno?
Now tayn mighsh PKEH-noo?
Don't you have anything smaller?
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2
YOU REPLY
Não, só tenho esta nota.
Now, soh TEH-nyoo ESH-tuh NOH-tuh.
No, I only have this note.
THEY SAY
Aqui tem o troco: dois e trinta.
Uh-KEE tayn oo TROH-koo: doyz ee TREEN-tuh.
Here's your change: two thirty.
They might also say:
Pronto, o seu troco.
PROHN-too, oo seh-oo TROH-koo.
There, your change.
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3
YOU REPLY
Pode dar-me um saco?
Pod dahr-m oon SAH-koo?
Can you give me a bag?
THEY SAY
Claro, aqui tem.
KLAH-roo, uh-KEE tayn.
Of course, here you are.
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4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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Words worth knowing

Tem
Tayn
verb
have
troco
TROH-koo
noun
change (money)
Não
Now
adverb
no
mais
mighsh
adverb
more
pequeno
PKEH-noo
adjective
small
só
soh
adverb
only, just

16 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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