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Fish: ask them to clean and cut it: what to say in Portuguese

At the fish counter you're buying fish and want it cleaned and cut.

Mercado7 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. To gut fish in Portuguese is amanhar o peixe; at fish counters this is usually done on the spot.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 este peixe, por favor.
KREE-uh esht paysh, poor fuh-VOR.
I'd like this fish, please.
THEY SAY
Como quer? Às postas ou inteiro?
KOH-moo kehr? Uhsh POSH-tuhz oh een-TAY-roo?
How would you like it? In steaks or whole?
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2
YOU REPLY
Às postas, por favor.
Uhsh POSH-tuhsh, poor fuh-VOR.
In steaks, please.
THEY SAY
Quer que amanhe?
Kehr k uh-MAHN?
Do you want me to gut it?
They might also say:
Quer que limpe o peixe?
Kehr k leemp oo paysh?
Shall I clean the fish?
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3
YOU REPLY
Sim, por favor.
Seen, poor fuh-VOR.
Yes, please.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.
MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
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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

Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
peixe
paysh
noun
fish
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
quer
kehr
verb
want
postas
POSH-tuhz
noun
steaks (of fish)

11 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.

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