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No price on the item: ask how much it costs: what to say in Portuguese

The product has no price tag, and you want to find out the price.

Supermercado4 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Many supermarkets have a price scanner in the shop; or just ask a member of staff.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
Desculpe, quanto custa isto?
Dish-KOOLP, KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh EESH-too?
Excuse me, how much is this?
Or say:Isto não tem preço. Sabe quanto é?
EESH-too now tayn PREH-soo. Sahb KWAHN-too eh?
THEY SAY
Custa dois euros e noventa e nove.
KOOSH-tuh doyz EH-oo-rooz ee noo-VAYN-tuh ee nov.
It costs two euros ninety-nine.
They might also say:
Está em promoção: um euro e meio.
Shtah ayn proo-moo-SOW: oon EH-oo-roo ee MAY-oo.
It's on offer: one euro fifty.
Um momento, vou ver no sistema. Custa dois euros e noventa e nove.
Oon moo-MAYN-too, voh vehr noo seesh-TEH-muh. KOOSH-tuh doyz EH-oo-rooz ee noo-VAYN-tuh ee nov.
One moment, I'll check the system. It costs two euros ninety-nine.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, vou levar.
Oh-bree-GAH-doo, voh lvahr.
Thank you, I'll take it.
THEY SAY
Muito bem, obrigado.
MWEE-too bayn, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right, thank you.
They might also say:
Está bem, obrigado.
shtah bayn, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right, thank you.
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Words worth knowing

Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
custa
KOOSH-tuh
verb
costs
euros
EH-oo-rooz
noun
euros
vou
voh
verb
(I) go
levar
lvahr
verb
to take with you, to take away
Muito
MWEE-too
adverb
very

8 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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