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How to Say ‘I'm sorry, we've run out of oat milk.’ in Portuguese

Peço desculpa, o de aveia acabou.

PEH-soo desh-KOOL-pah oo duh ah-VAY-ah ah-kah-BOH

[PEH-soo desh-KOOL-pah oo duh ah-VAY-ah ah-kah-BOH]

Phrase Breakdown

Peço desculpa,

PEH-soo desh-KOOL-pah

I'm sorry,

Say 'PEH-soo dush-KOOL-puh'. This is a polite apology, literally 'I ask forgiveness'.

Example

Peço desculpa pelo atraso.

I'm sorry for the delay.

Words in this phrase

Peço

[PEH-soo]

I ask (for)

First person of 'pedir'; with 'desculpa' it means 'I apologise'.

Example

Peço um café, por favor.

I'm asking for a coffee, please.

desculpa

[desh-KOOL-pah]

sorry / excuse (me)

Informal imperative of 'desculpar', used to apologize to a friend.

Example

Desculpa, não te vi.

Sorry, I didn't see you.

o de aveia acabou.

oo duh ah-VAY-ah ah-kah-BOH

the oat one has run out.

Say 'oo duh uh-VAY-uh uh-kuh-BOH', letting the vowels link smoothly.

Example

Hoje o de aveia acabou.

Today the oat one has run out.

Words in this phrase

[oo]

the one

Here the article stands for a noun already mentioned (the milk).

Example

Quero o de chocolate.

I want the chocolate one.

[duh]

A preposition meaning "of" or "for," depending on context.

Example

Falámos de carreira durante o intervalo.

We talked about career matters during the break.

aveia

[ah-VAY-ah]

oat(s)

The cereal oats; here it refers to oat milk.

Example

O leite de aveia é bom.

Oat milk is good.

acabou

[ah-kah-BOH]

ran out

Past of 'acabar'; used for something that is finished or sold out.

Example

O pão acabou.

The bread ran out.

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