At the airport: Common vocab and phrases
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Key Phrases
Onde fica o balcão de check-in?
Where is the check-in desk?
A que horas é o embarque?
What time is boarding?
A minha bagagem está desaparecida.
My luggage is missing.
Skills You'll Learn
Ask for important locations in the airport.
Perguntar por locais importantes no aeroporto.
Ask about boarding times and flight process.
Perguntar sobre horários de embarque e o processo do voo.
Report a travel problem with luggage.
Comunicar um problema de viagem com a bagagem.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
aeroporto
eye-roh-POR-too
airport
voo
VOH-oh
flight
bilhete
bee-LYET
ticket
passaporte
pah-suh-POR-t
passport
cartão de embarque
kar-TAWNG duh em-bar-k
boarding pass
bagagem
bah-GAH-zheng
luggage
mala
MAH-lah
suitcase
bagagem de mão
bah-GAH-zheng duh mowng
hand luggage
check-in
shek-EEN
check-in
🇵🇹 At Portuguese airports, people commonly say English-looking terms like [check-in] and staff will understand them without trouble.
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