Portuguese · Primeiro dia
Ask where things are: what to say in Portuguese
On the first day you ask where things are.
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How it's done. Balneário - changing room, cacifo - locker, copa - break room with coffee.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, onde é o balneário?
Dish-KOOLP, ohnd eh oo buhl-NYAH-ryoo?
Excuse me, where is the changing room?
THEY SAY
Ao fundo do corredor, à direita.Ow FOON-doo doo koo-rih-DOR, uh dih-RAY-tuh.
At the end of the corridor, on the right.
They might also say:
É ali ao fundo, à direita.
Eh uh-LEE ow FOON-doo uh dih-RAY-tuh.
It's over there at the end, on the right.
2
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
Oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
THEY SAY
De nada!d NAH-duh!
You're welcome!
They might also say:
Não tem de quê!
now tayn d keh!
Don't mention it!
Disponha!
deesh-POH-nyuh!
Any time!
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
onde
ohnd
adverb
where
é
eh
verb
is
balneário
buhl-NYAH-ryoo
noun
changing room with a shower
fundo
FOON-doo
noun
bottom, depth (ao fundo - at the end)
corredor
koo-rih-DOR
noun
aisle (in a shop)
8 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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