🇵🇹 Portuguese Ordering Food & Drinks
Cafés, bars and restaurants: how to order, ask for the bill, and compliment the cooking — the most-used phrases of any trip. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| I'd like… | Eu queria… |
| The menu, please | O cardápio, por favor |
| Water | Água |
| A coffee, please | Um café, por favor |
| A beer, please | Uma cerveja, por favor |
| The bill, please | A conta, por favor |
| Delicious! | Delicioso! |
| I'm vegetarian | Sou vegetariano/a |
| Do you have…? | Vocês têm…? |
| Cheers! | Saúde! |
| A table for two, please | Uma mesa para dois, por favor |
| Can I pay by card? | Posso pagar com cartão? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Portuguese phrases
Greetings & BasicsAsking for DirectionsNumbers 1–10Shopping & MoneyEmergencies & HealthSmall Talk & IntroductionsDays & Telling TimeHotel & Check-in