Portuguese · Comboio (CP)
The ticket clerk asks: return: what to say in Portuguese
The station clerk checks: one-way or return?
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How it's done. Só ida - one-way, ida e volta - return.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
Ida e volta?EE-duh ee VOL-tuh?
Return?
They might also say:
É só ida?
Eh soh EE-duh?
Just one way?
YOU REPLY
Ida e volta, por favor.
EE-duh ee VOL-tuh, poor fuh-VOR.
Return, please.
Or say:Só ida.
Soh EE-duh.
THEY SAY
Aqui tem o seu bilhete.uh-KEE tayn oo seh-oo bee-LYEHT.
Here is your ticket.
They might also say:
Aqui está o seu bilhete.
uh-KEE shtah oo seh-oo bee-LYEHT.
Here is your ticket.
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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.
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Words worth knowing
Ida
EE-duh
noun
outward trip (ida e volta - there and back)
volta
VOL-tuh
noun
turn, circuit (por volta de - around)
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
tem
tayn
verb
have
bilhete
bee-LYEHT
noun
ticket
5 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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