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How to Say ‘The packaging doesn't say’ in Portuguese

A embalagem não diz

ah eng-bah-LAH-zhayng NOWN DEESH

[ah eng-bah-LAH-zhayng NOWN DEESH]

Phrase Breakdown

A embalagem

ah eng-bah-LAH-zhayng

The packaging

Say 'uh-ayn-buh-LAH-zhaym'. The 'em' at the start and the end are both nasal.

Example

A embalagem está aberta.

The package is open.

Words in this phrase

[ah]

the (feminine singular)

Same article "a" used before a feminine noun; often unstressed in speech.

Example

A estação é ali à direita.

The station is right there on the right.

embalagem

[eng-bah-LAH-zhayng]

packaging

The box or carton a product comes in.

Example

Leia a embalagem.

Read the packaging.

não diz

NOWN DEESH

doesn't say

'Não' is a nasal 'now'. 'Diz' is 'deesh', because a final 'z' sounds like 'sh'.

Example

O menu não diz.

The menu doesn't say.

Words in this phrase

não

[NOWN]

not

Used to negate the meaning of a word or group of words.

Example

Não quero comer agora.

I don't want to eat now.

diz

[DEESH]

says

Third-person singular present of 'dizer' (to say).

Example

Ela diz que vem amanhã.

She says she's coming tomorrow.

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