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How to Say ‘Please, have a seat.’ in Portuguese

Faz favor, sente-se.

fahsh fa-VOR SEN-teh-seh

[fahsh fa-VOR SEN-teh-seh]

Phrase Breakdown

Faz favor,

fahsh fa-VOR

Please,

A very common polite phrase in Portugal. 'Faz' ends in a 'sh' sound before 'f', so it sounds like 'fash fa-VOR'.

Example

Faz favor, um café.

A coffee, please.

Words in this phrase

Faz

[fahsh]

do (part of 'faz favor', please)

Form of 'fazer'; in 'faz favor' it is part of a polite expression meaning 'please'.

Example

Faz favor, pode repetir?

Please, can you repeat?

favor

[fa-VOR]

please (part of 'se faz favor')

Literally 'favour'; ends the polite phrase.

Example

A conta, se faz favor.

The bill, please.

sente-se.

SEN-teh-seh

sit down.

The formal command 'sit down', with the pronoun attached by a hyphen. The final 'e' sounds are almost silent: 'SENT-se'.

Example

Entre e sente-se.

Come in and sit down.

Words in this phrase

sente-se

[SEN-teh-seh]

sit down (formal)

Polite command form of 'sentar-se', to sit down.

Example

Sente-se aqui, por favor.

Sit here, please.

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