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Buy a train ticket: what to say in Portuguese

You buy a CP train ticket at the station ticket office.

Comboio (CP)7 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Tickets for fast trains (Alfa Pendular, Intercidades) are cheaper if you buy them in advance on the CP website or app.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
Um bilhete para o Porto, por favor.
Oon bee-LYEHT pruh oo POR-too, poor fuh-VOR.
A ticket to Porto, please.
THEY SAY
Para que horas?
Pruh k OH-ruhsh?
For what time?
They might also say:
A que horas quer partir?
Uh k OH-ruhsh kehr puhr-TEER?
What time do you want to leave?
in the app
2
YOU REPLY
Para o próximo, por favor.
Pruh oo PROH-see-moo, poor fuh-VOR.
For the next one, please.
THEY SAY
Alfa Pendular ou Intercidades?
AHL-fuh payn-doo-LAHR oh een-tir-see-DAH-dish?
Alfa Pendular or Intercidades?
in the app
3
YOU REPLY
O mais barato.
Oo mighzh buh-RAH-too.
The cheapest.
THEY SAY
São trinta e dois euros.
Sow TREEN-tuh ee doyz EH-oo-roosh.
It's thirty-two euros.
in the app
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
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.

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Words worth knowing

bilhete
bee-LYEHT
noun
ticket
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
horas
OH-ruhsh
noun
hours
próximo
PROH-see-moo
adjective
next, nearest
mais
mighzh
adverb
more
barato
buh-RAH-too
adjective
cheap

18 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 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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