How to Say ‘Save me a fry!’ in Portuguese
Guarda-me uma batata!
GWAR-duh-muh OO-muh buh-TAH-tuh
[GWAR-duh-muh OO-muh buh-TAH-tuh]
💬 Usage Tip: When you ask someone to do something, me goes after the verb with a hyphen: guarda-me, diz-me "tell me". Putting me first sounds Brazilian.
Phrase Breakdown
Guarda-me
[GWAR-duh-muh]
save me / keep for me
Command of 'guardar' (to keep, save) plus 'me'.
Guarda-me um lugar.
Save me a seat.
uma batata!
OO-muh buh-TAH-tuh
a potato!
'Uma' is the feminine form of 'a'. Stress the middle of 'batata': 'ba-TA-ta'.
Quero uma batata.
I want a potato.
Words in this phrase
uma
[OO-muh]
a / one (feminine)
The feminine singular indefinite article, used before feminine nouns like 'mesa'.
Ao chegar, pedimos Uma mesa para dois.
When arriving, we ask for 'A table' for two.
batata
[buh-TAH-tuh]
potato / fry
Singular noun 'potato'.
Só quero uma batata.
I only want one fry.
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