English→European Portuguese

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Portugal's Portuguese: the vocabulary, the formality, and the spelling Lisbon expects.

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What locals actually say

That's really cool!

É mesmo fixe!

“Fixe” places you in Portugal instantly; “legal” would read Brazilian.

I'm going to the bus stop.

Vou até à paragem do autocarro.

“Autocarro” and “paragem” are the European terms.

Can I pay by card?

Posso pagar por Multibanco?

Multibanco is Portugal’s everyday card and ATM network, signalling European Portuguese usage.

I’m having breakfast now.

Estou a tomar o pequeno-almoço agora.

Pequeno-almoço is the European Portuguese term for breakfast, while estou a tomar uses the Portuguese progressive construction.

I’ll call my brother on my cell phone.

Vou ligar ao meu irmão pelo telemóvel.

Telemóvel is the European Portuguese word for cell phone, rather than the Brazilian celular.

I’m working from home today.

Hoje estou a trabalhar a partir de casa.

Estou a trabalhar uses estar a plus the infinitive, the standard European Portuguese progressive construction.

It’s absolutely freezing today.

Hoje está um frio de rachar.

Frio de rachar is a colloquial Portuguese idiom meaning extremely cold.

We’ll make plans soon.

Havemos de combinar qualquer coisa em breve.

Havemos de plus the infinitive is a distinctly Portuguese way to express a future intention or reassurance.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How European Portuguese differs

European Portuguese. Tu informal, você/o senhor formal; infinitive progressive (estou a fazer), autocarro, comboio, telemóvel, pequeno-almoço, fixe for cool casually; more reserved register than Brazil.

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