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How to Say ‘There's a cash machine just up ahead.’ in Portuguese

Há um Multibanco ali à frente.

ah oong mool-tee-BAHN-koo ah-LEE ah FREHN-tuh

[ah oong mool-tee-BAHN-koo ah-LEE ah FREHN-tuh]

Phrase Breakdown

Há um Multibanco

ah oong mool-tee-BAHN-koo

There's an ATM

Join 'Há um' together as 'a-ũ', with a nasal ending. Then say mul-ti-BAN-cu.

Example

Há um Multibanco na estação.

There's an ATM at the station.

Words in this phrase

Há

[ah]

there is / there are

Form of haver used to say that something exists.

Example

Há interesse em ouvir candidatos no evento.

There is interest in listening to candidates at the event.

[oong]

An indefinite article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Em «um» prazer, o artigo introduz a expressão educada.

In “a” pleasure, the article introduces the polite expression.

Multibanco

[mool-tee-BAHN-koo]

ATM / cash machine

In Portugal, the common word for a cash machine.

Example

Vou levantar dinheiro ao multibanco.

I'll withdraw money at the ATM.

ali à frente.

ah-LEE ah FREHN-tuh

just up ahead.

This tells someone the place is a short distance ahead. Link the words: a-LI-a-FREN-t.

Example

O hotel é ali à frente.

The hotel is just up ahead.

Words in this phrase

ali

[ah-LEE]

there

Refers to a place a little distant from both speakers.

Example

O carro está ali.

The car is over there.

[ah]

at the

A contraction of a + a, often meaning at the before a feminine noun.

Example

À entrada há sempre alguém para orientar os clientes.

At the entrance there is always someone to guide customers.

frente

[FREHN-tuh]

front / ahead

With em, it forms em frente, meaning ahead or in front.

Example

A estação fica em frente.

The station is straight ahead.

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