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Ask for a kilo of fruit: what to say in Portuguese

At the market you want to buy fruit and vegetables by weight.

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 the seller often picks and weighs it themselves, so it's better to ask than to help yourself.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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YOU START
Queria um quilo de laranjas, por favor.
KREE-uh oon KEE-loo d luh-RAHN-zhuhsh, poor fuh-VOR.
I'd like a kilo of oranges, please.
THEY SAY
São para comer hoje?
Sow pruh koo-MEHR ohzh?
Are they to eat today?
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2
YOU REPLY
Sim, para hoje.
Seen, pruh ohzh.
Yes, for today.
THEY SAY
Estas ou aquelas?
ESH-tuhz oh uh-KEH-luhsh?
These or those?
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3
YOU REPLY
Estas, por favor.
ESH-tuhsh, poor fuh-VOR.
These, please.
THEY SAY
São três euros e vinte.
Sow trez EH-oo-rooz ee veent.
That's three twenty.
They might also say:
Dá dois e dez.
Duh doyz ee desh.
That makes two ten.
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4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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Words worth knowing

Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
quilo
KEE-loo
noun
kilo
laranjas
luh-RAHN-zhuhsh
noun
oranges
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
São
Sow
verb
are (plural)
comer
koo-MEHR
verb
to eat

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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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