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Deli counter: ask for 200 grams of cheese: what to say in Portuguese

At the deli counter you want to buy cheese by weight. Here they serve by number.

Supermercado6 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At the deli counter you often have to take a ticket (senha) and wait until your number is called.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
Número vinte e três!
NOOM-roo veent ee tresh!
Number twenty-three!
They might also say:
Quem é o seguinte?
Kayn eh oo sih-GEENT?
Who's next?
YOU REPLY
Queria duzentos gramas de queijo, por favor.
KREE-uh doo-ZAYN-toozh GRAH-muhzh d KAY-zhoo, poor fuh-VOR.
I'd like two hundred grams of cheese, please.
THEY SAY
Às fatias ou inteiro?
Uhsh fuh-TEE-uhz oh een-TAY-roo?
Sliced or in one piece?
They might also say:
Fininho ou mais grosso?
Fee-NEE-nyoo oh mighzh GROH-soo?
Thin or a bit thicker?
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YOU REPLY
Às fatias, fininho.
Uhsh fuh-TEE-uhsh, fee-NEE-nyoo.
Sliced, thin.
Or say:Inteiro, por favor.
Een-TAY-roo, poor fuh-VOR.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.
MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
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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

Número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
gramas
GRAH-muhzh
noun
grams
queijo
KAY-zhoo
noun
cheese
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
fatias
fuh-TEE-uhz
noun
slices

13 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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