• Português
  English
• Que desejam?
  What would you like?
• Queria
  I'd like
• um / uma **
  a
• um café, se faz favor *
  a coffee, please
• um chá com leite
  a tea with milk
• uma meia de leite
  a large milky coffee
• uma cerveja
  a beer
• uma água sem gás
  still water
• uma água com gás
  sparkling water
• uma limonada
  a lemonade
• um sumo de laranja
  an orange juice
• um copo de água
  a glass of water
• um copo de vinho branco *
  a glass of white wine
• vinho tinto *
  red wine
• por favor / se faz favor *
  please
• Para mim…
  For me…
• A conta, se faz favor *
  The bill, please
• Quanto é?
  How much is it?
• De nada
  You're welcome

* Pronunciation guide

• Se faz favor
  At the end of words, z sounds more like g as in mirage.
• Um copo de vinho branco, vinho tinto
  The nh is pronounced like the ny sound in canyon.

** Grammar notes

• Um / uma
  The words for a/an have masculine and feminine forms. You say um café because café is masculine and uma cerveja because cerveja is feminine.
  As well as meaning a/an, um and uma also mean one. The only low number other than 'one' that takes a feminine form is two, as in: dois sumos (m) and duas limonadas (f).

One of the delights of a visit to Portugal is sampling the café culture. It’s warm enough to sit outside from April to October and there are cafés everywhere.