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In Course: Brazilian Portuguese A1

Eating Out and Dietary Needs

Learn essential spoken Brazilian Portuguese phrases for requesting tables, dining at self-service kilo buffets, communicating dietary needs, and asking for the bill.

A vibrant, eye-level photograph inside a bustling Brazilian 'restaurante por quilo', capturing a person's hands as they place a colorful, generously-filled plate of food onto a digital weighing scale. In the soft-focused background, other diners enjoy their meals at tables and a rich, diverse self-service buffet is visible, all bathed in warm, inviting natural light, composed for a 3:2 landscape frame.
en-GB → pt-BR

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42 Cards
Lesson#1
In this deck, you will learn how to handle dining out in Brazil. You will practise requesting a table, navigating a self-service buffet by the kilo, stating dietary requirements, and asking for the bill.
Lesson#2
When arriving at a restaurant, you can request a table by stating the size of your party. For two people, say 'uma mesa para dois, por favor'. For four people, you can say 'mesa para quatro pessoas'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Portuguese: 'A table for two, please.'

Uma mesa para dois, por favor

Quiz#4
Translate into Portuguese: 'A table for four people.'

Mesa para quatro pessoas

Lesson#5
To check if a table is available, ask 'tem mesa livre?'. If you want to sit outside, ask 'tem mesa lá fora?'. To state the number of people in your group, you can say 'nós somos três', meaning there are three of us. To ask if you may sit down, say 'por favor, podemos sentar aqui?'.
Quiz#6
Translate into Portuguese: 'Is there a free table?'

Tem mesa livre?

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