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Exchange for another size: what to say in Portuguese
You want to exchange an item for another size.
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How it's done. An exchange is a troca: trocar por um tamanho maior - exchange for a bigger size.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
Queria trocar por um tamanho maior.
KREE-uh troo-KAHR poor oon tuh-MAH-nyoo migh-OR.
I'd like to exchange it for a bigger size.
THEY SAY
Tem o talão?Tayn oo tuh-LOW?
Do you have the receipt?
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YOU FINISH
Sim, aqui está o talão.
Seen, uh-KEE shtah oo tuh-LOW.
Yes, here's the receipt.
THEY SAY
Pronto, já está trocado.PROHN-too, zhah shtah troo-KAH-doo.
There, it's exchanged.
They might also say:
Não temos esse tamanho. Quer outra cor?
Now TEH-mooz es tuh-MAH-nyoo. Kehr OH-truh kor?
We don't have that size. Would you like another colour?
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
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
trocar
troo-KAHR
verb
to exchange
tamanho
tuh-MAH-nyoo
noun
size
maior
migh-OR
adjective
bigger
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
talão
tuh-LOW
noun
receipt
9 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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