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The shop assistant asks if you need help: what to say in Portuguese
A shop assistant comes up and asks you something. Most often whether you need help.
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How it's done. To avoid being bothered, it's enough to say Só estou a ver - "I'm just looking".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
Precisa de ajuda?Prih-SIH-zuh d uh-ZHOO-duh?
Do you need help?
They might also say:
Posso ajudar?
POH-soo uh-zhoo-DAHR?
Can I help?
Está à procura de alguma coisa?
Shtah uh proo-KOO-ruh d uhl-GOO-muh KOY-zuh?
Are you looking for anything?
YOU REPLY
Não, obrigado, só estou a ver.
Now, oh-bree-GAH-doo, soh shtoh uh vehr.
No, thank you, I'm just looking.
Or say:Sim, procuro um casaco.
Seen, proo-KOO-roo oon kuh-ZAH-koo.
THEY SAY
Muito bem. Se precisar de alguma coisa, diga.MWEE-too bayn. s prih-sih-ZAHR d uhl-GOO-muh KOY-zuh, DEE-guh.
All right. If you need anything, just say.
2
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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
Precisa
Prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
ajuda
uh-ZHOO-duh
noun
help
Não
Now
adverb
no
só
soh
adverb
only, just
estou
shtoh
verb
I am
ver
vehr
verb
to have a look, to see
10 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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