Asking about tshirt color options – Basic colors in Portuguese

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Desculpe

desh-KOOL-peh

Excuse me

🇵🇹 In a shop, Desculpe is the normal polite opener to get an assistant's attention before you ask anything.

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👉👕

Esta t-shirt

ESH-tah tee-SHURT

This T-shirt

💬 t-shirt is treated as feminine, so 'this' is esta. With a masculine word it becomes este: este casaco "this jacket".

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🎨🔄

Noutras cores

NOH-trash KOH-resh

In other colours

💬 em "in" + outras "other" merges into noutras. Same with em + outro: noutro tamanho "in another size".

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👕🎨🔄❓

Tem esta t-shirt noutras cores?

tehm ESH-tah tee-SHURT NOH-trash KOH-resh

Do you have this T-shirt in other colours?

💬 Tem on its own works as a polite 'Do you have'. There's no need to add a word for 'you'.

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Temos em azul

teh-moosh aim ah-ZOOL

We have it in blue

💬 To say what colour something comes in, put em before the colour: em preto "in black", em branco "in white". You don't need a word for "it"; temos alone covers "we have it".

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Preto e branco

Preh-toh ee BRAHN-koo

Black and white

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Temos em azul, preto e branco.

teh-moosh aim ah-ZOOL Preh-toh ee BRAHN-koo

We have it in blue, black and white.

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🟢

Em verde

aim VER-dy

In green

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❓🙋

Também tem?

tahm-BAYNG tayng

Do you have it too?

💬 tem is the polite "you have". It's the same form as "he/she has", so você "you" is usually left out.

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❓🙋🟢

E em verde, também tem?

ee aim VER-dy tahm-BAYNG tayng

And do you have it in green too?

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Em verde não

aim VER-dy nowng

Not in green

💬 Putting não after the thing you're denying is a natural way to say "not that one": em azul não "not in blue".

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😔

Lamento.

lah-MEN-too

I'm sorry.

🇵🇹 Shop staff in Portugal use lamento as a polite "sorry" when they can't help. It's a little more formal than desculpe.

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🚫🟢😔

Em verde não, lamento.

aim VER-dy nowng lah-MEN-too

Not in green, I'm sorry.

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➕🙋🔴

Mas temos em vermelho.

mahsh teh-moosh aim ver-MAY-lyoo

But we have it in red.

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A azul

ah ah-ZOOL

The blue one

💬 Put a in front of a colour and you get "the ___ one", with no extra word needed. It's a here because t-shirt "t-shirt" is a feminine word; for a masculine item you'd say o azul.

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Pode mostrar-me a azul?

POH-duh moosh-TRAR-muh ah ah-ZOOL

Can you show me the blue one?

💬 In Portugal, "me" goes after the verb and is joined to it with a hyphen: mostrar-me. Same pattern: dar-me "give me".

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❓👀🔵🙏

Pode mostrar-me a azul, por favor?

POH-duh moosh-TRAR-muh ah ah-ZOOL poor fah-VOHR

Could you show me the blue one, please?

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✅

Com certeza.

kohm ser-TEH-zuh

Certainly.

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🤲

Aqui tem

ah-KEE tayng

Here you are

🇵🇹 This is the standard thing to say when handing something to someone, whether it's a shirt, your change or a receipt.

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🤲🔵

Aqui tem a azul.

ah-KEE tayng ah ah-ZOOL

Here's the blue one.

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💡

É muito clara.

eh MOOY-too KLAH-rah

It's very light.

💬 clara ends in -a to match the t-shirt, which is a feminine word. For a masculine item like casaco "jacket", you'd say muito claro.

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Azul mais escuro

ah-ZOOL mysh ehs-koor-oh

Darker blue

💬 mais before an adjective makes it "more". So mais claro means "lighter" and mais escuro means "darker".

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Há num azul mais escuro?

ah noom ah-ZOOL mysh ehs-koor-oh

Is there a darker blue?

💬 em + um merges into num. With feminine words, em + uma becomes numa.

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✅

Há, sim.

ah seeng

Yes, there is.

💬 To answer yes, people usually repeat the verb from the question, often adding sim. For example, "Tem?" gets the answer "Tenho, sim."

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🙋👉

Temos esta

teh-moosh ESH-tuh

We have this one

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🔵⚓

Azul-marinho

ah-ZOOL-mah-REE-nyoo

Navy blue

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🙋👉🔵⚓

Temos esta em azul-marinho.

teh-moosh ESH-tuh aim ah-ZOOL-mah-REE-nyoo

We have this one in navy blue.

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Gosto mais desta.

GOH-shtoo mysh DESH-tah

I like this one better.

💬 gostar "to like" always takes de, and de + esta merges into desta. Same with de + este, which becomes deste.

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🛍️👉

Levo esta

LEH-voo ESH-tuh

I'll take this one

🇵🇹 levo "I take" is the natural way to tell a shop assistant you'll buy something.

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Obrigado

oh-bree-GAH-doo

Thank you

💬 The ending follows the speaker, not the listener. Men say obrigado and women say obrigada.

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Levo esta, obrigado.

LEH-voo ESH-tuh oh-bree-GAH-doo

I'll take this one, thank you.

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😊

De nada.

duh NAH-dah

You're welcome.

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💳

Pode pagar

POH-deh pa-GAR

You can pay

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👉🏪

Ali na caixa

ah-LEE nah KYE-shah

Over there at the till

💬 em + a merges into na, so na caixa means "at the till". With a masculine word, em + o becomes no.

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💳👉🏪

Pode pagar ali na caixa.

POH-deh pa-GAR ah-LEE nah KYE-shah

You can pay over there at the till.

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🙏🙏

Muito obrigado.

MWEEN-too oh-bree-GAH-doo

Thank you very much.

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☀️👋

Bom dia!

bohng DEE-ah

Have a good day!

🇵🇹 In Portugal, bom dia works as a goodbye as well as a hello, so it's a normal thing to say as you leave a shop before lunchtime.

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🙏👩

Obrigada

oh-bree-GAH-dah

Thank you (said by a woman)

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