Making plans, inviting, congratulating, talking about your family: Portuguese for friendship, relationships and family life.
36 sentences · 3 dialogues · 18 words
Many people learn Portuguese because of the people in their lives: friends from an exchange, a partner, a family you get to know over Sunday lunch. What counts there is not perfect grammar but being able to join in.
The language among friends is faster and warmer than in a textbook, with lots of diminutives and set phrases. If you know them — making plans, cancelling, congratulating, apologising — you can get into any conversation.
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18 words from the word lists, ordered by level. A coloured edge shows what you have already practised.
Short dialogues to read along and repeat. Say one part first, then the other.
A friend is showing you photos of her family.
Quem é este rapaz?Who’s this boy?
É o meu irmão mais novo. Tem quinze anos.He’s my younger brother. He’s fifteen.
E a senhora mais velha?And the older lady?
É a minha avó. Vive com os meus pais.That’s my grandmother. She lives with my parents.
Que família tão simpática!What a lovely family!
Obrigada. Somos muitos, mas damo-nos bem.Thanks. There are lots of us, but we get on well.
You want to do something with a friend on Saturday.
O que fazes este sábado?What are you doing this Saturday?
Nada de especial. Porquê?Nothing special. Why?
Há um concerto no parque. Apetece-te ir?There’s a concert in the park. Do you fancy going?
Claro! A que horas nos encontramos?Of course! What time shall we meet?
Às sete, à entrada do parque.At seven, at the park entrance.
Combinado. Se me atrasar, mando-te uma mensagem.Deal. If I’m late, I’ll send you a message.
You missed a dinner at a friend’s.
Marta, tenho muita pena de não ter ido ao teu jantar.Marta, I’m really sorry I didn’t come to your dinner.
Não faz mal, mas estivemos à tua espera um bocado.Never mind, but we waited for you for a while.
Eu sei. Tive um problema no trabalho e não consegui avisar.I know. I had a problem at work and couldn’t let you know.
Para a próxima manda-me pelo menos uma mensagem.Next time at least send me a message.
Tens razão. Posso convidar-te para um café, para compensar?You’re right. Can I buy you a coffee to make up for it?
Está bem, aceito. Mas o bolo também és tu que pagas.All right, I accept. But you’re paying for the cake too.
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Esta é a minha irmã, a Clara.This is my sister, Clara.
Tenho dois irmãos e uma irmã.I have two brothers and a sister.
Os meus pais vivem em Hamburgo.My parents live in Hamburg.
A minha avó tem noventa anos.My grandmother is ninety.
És casado?Are you married?
Olá! Tudo bem?Hi! All good?
Tudo, e contigo?All good, and you?
Este é o Marco, um amigo de Berlim.This is Marco, a friend from Berlin.
Parabéns!Congratulations!
Até amanhã, beijinhos.See you tomorrow, love.
Vamos tomar um café no sábado?Shall we go for a coffee on Saturday?
Melhor às nove, antes não posso.Better at nine, I can’t make it any earlier.
Desculpa, tenho de adiar o jantar de amanhã.Sorry, I have to postpone tomorrow’s dinner.
Apetece-te vir ao cinema connosco?Do you fancy coming to the cinema with us?
No fim de semana fomos à praia com uns amigos.At the weekend we went to the beach with some friends.
O meu irmão teve um bebé.My brother has had a baby.
Em pequena passava os verões em casa dos meus avós.As a child I used to spend the summers at my grandparents’.
No sábado é a festa da minha prima.On Saturday it’s my cousin’s party.
Ontem jantámos todos juntos em casa dos meus pais.Yesterday we all had dinner together at my parents’.
Então, como correu o exame?So, how did the exam go?
O meu vizinho regou-me as plantas.My neighbour has watered my plants.
Obrigado pelo convite!Thanks for the invitation!
Se chegar tarde, aviso-te.If I’m late, I’ll let you know.
Avisa-me quando chegares.Let me know when you get there.
Muito obrigada pelo convite, diverti-me imenso.Thank you so much for inviting me, I had a wonderful time.
Tenho muitas saudades tuas.I miss you so much.
Tenho muita pena de não ter podido ir ao teu casamento.I’m so sorry I couldn’t come to your wedding.
Estamos juntos há três anos e damo-nos muito bem.We’ve been together for three years and we get on really well.
Fico muito contente que estejas a gostar do trabalho novo.I’m really glad you’re enjoying your new job.
Espero que nos vejamos em breve.I hope we see each other soon.
O João é o meu melhor amigo desde a escola.João has been my best friend since school.
Zanguei-me com a minha irmã por uma parvoíce, mas já fizemos as pazes.I fell out with my sister over something silly, but we’ve already made up.
Se vivêssemos mais perto, víamo-nos todas as semanas.If we lived closer, we’d see each other every week.
Não é que não queira ir; estou mesmo exausta.It’s not that I don’t want to go; I’m just exhausted.
Embora às vezes discutamos, posso sempre contar com ela.Even though we argue sometimes, I can always count on her.
Fiquei muito contente por te teres lembrado dos meus anos.It meant a lot to me that you remembered my birthday.
Among friends you say tu.
In your partner’s family, older people are often addressed in the third person at first, until they offer tu.
tu
Acquaintances greet each other with two kisses on the cheek; men usually shake hands with each other.
On a birthday you say Parabéns!; in everyday speech a birthday is often os anos:
Fazes anos amanhã?
Parabéns!os anosFazes anos amanhã?
Sunday lunch with the family can last all afternoon; if you are invited, you usually bring something sweet.
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Esta é a minha irmã, a Clara.
Até amanhã, beijinhos.
Ontem jantámos todos juntos em casa dos meus pais.
Estamos juntos há três anos e damo-nos muito bem.
Every sentence on this page was written for EveryLingua. There are no quotations from films, series, books or songs here, and no titles or names of artists — the page shows how people talk in this field, not what somebody once said.
