Portuguese · Andante / Metro do Porto
On the platform: ask whether this metro goes to the station you need: what to say in Portuguese
On the metro platform a stranger asks whether this train goes where they need.
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How it's done. Porto metro stations are open, without turnstiles: you validate your card on the platform before boarding, and inspectors check at random.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
Desculpe, este metro vai para a Trindade?Dish-KOOLP, esht MEH-troo vigh pruh uh treen-DAHD?
Excuse me, does this train go to Trindade?
They might also say:
Sabe se este vai para o Estádio do Dragão?
Sahb s esht vigh pruh oo SHTAH-dee-oo doo druh-GOW?
Do you know whether this one goes to the Estádio do Dragão?
Esta linha vai para o aeroporto?
ESH-tuh LEE-nyuh vigh pruh oo uh-eh-roo-POR-too?
Does this line go to the airport?
YOU REPLY
Sim, vai.
Seen, vigh.
Yes, it does.
THEY SAY
Boa viagem.BOH-uh vee-AH-zhayn.
Have a good journey.
They might also say:
Muito obrigado.
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo.
Thank you very much.
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YOU FINISH
De nada! Boa viagem!
d NAH-duh! BOH-uh vee-AH-zhayn!
You're welcome! Have a good trip!
Or say:Igualmente!
ee-gwuhl-MAYNT!
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
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
metro
MEH-troo
noun
metro
vai
vigh
verb
goes
Trindade
treen-DAHD
noun
Trindade (a Porto metro station, the main interchange)
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
6 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.
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
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