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You did not catch the price: ask them to repeat it: what to say in Portuguese

The seller named the price too fast, and you didn't catch it.

Mercado4 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Prices are often said without the word "euros": três e cinquenta is €3.50.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
São cinco e setenta.
Sow SEEN-koo ee sih-TAYN-tuh.
That's five seventy.
They might also say:
São cinco e setenta, por favor.
Sow SEEN-koo ee sih-TAYN-tuh, poor fuh-VOR.
Five seventy, please.
YOU REPLY
Desculpe, quanto é?
Dish-KOOLP, KWAHN-too eh?
Sorry, how much is it?
Or say:Pode repetir mais devagar?
Pod rih-pih-TEER mighzh dvuh-GAHR?
Or say:Pode escrever o preço?
Pod shkrih-VEHR oo PREH-soo?
THEY SAY
Cinco euros e setenta cêntimos.
SEEN-koo EH-oo-rooz ee sih-TAYN-tuh SAYN-tee-moosh.
Five euros seventy cents.
They might also say:
Olhe, aqui na balança.
Oly, uh-KEE nuh buh-LAHN-suh.
Look, here on the scales.
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YOU FINISH
Ah, obrigado. Aqui tem.
Uh, oh-bree-GAH-doo. Uh-KEE tayn.
Ah, thank you. Here you are.

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Words worth knowing

São
Sow
verb
are (plural)
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
é
eh
verb
is
euros
EH-oo-rooz
noun
euros
cêntimos
SAYN-tee-moosh
noun
cents
Aqui
Uh-KEE
adverb
here

7 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?
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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