Flirting at the bar: Buy them a drink after asking for their permission.

💬 In European Portuguese, [sentar-me] puts the little word for [me] after the verb, connected with a hyphen. You'll see the same pattern in [ajudar-me] and [dizer-te].

💬 In European Portuguese, [sentar-me] puts the little word for [me] after the verb, connected with a hyphen. You'll see the same pattern in [ajudar-me] and [dizer-te].

💬 [À] here is [a] + [a]: one [a] from the expression and one from the feminine word that follows. The same kind of merge happens in [à direita] and [à espera].

💬 [À] here is [a] + [a]: one [a] from the expression and one from the feminine word that follows. The same kind of merge happens in [à direita] and [à espera].

🇵🇹 [Estás à vontade.] is friendly and warm, but stronger than just [go ahead]. At a bar with someone you've just met, locals are more likely to use it casually than as a very intimate invitation.

🇵🇹 Men usually say [obrigado]; women usually say [obrigada]. It matches the speaker, not the person being thanked.

💬 [Fazer companhia] is the natural way to say [keep someone company], not a word-for-word version of English. With [te], it becomes [fazer-te companhia] = [keep you company].

🇵🇹 This is gentle and a bit old-fashioned in a charming way. In Portugal it can sound more respectful and less pushy than a more direct flirting line.

💬 [Um bocadinho] literally means [a little bit], but with time it often means [for a bit] or [for a little while]. You can reuse it with other ideas too: [espera um bocadinho].