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How to Say ‘Do you have lactose-free milk?’ in Portuguese

Têm leite sem lactose?

tayng LAY-che SEHN lahk-TOH-zeh

[tayng LAY-che SEHN lahk-TOH-zeh]

💬 Usage Tip: Têm with the hat is "you (plural) have", addressing the whole café. Tem without it is "does it/do you have" for one person; both sound nearly alike, so either works aloud.

Phrase Breakdown

Têm leite

tayng LAY-che

Do you have milk

'Têm' (you/they have, plural) is nasal and sounds like 'TAY-ayng'. 'Leite' sounds like 'layt'.

Example

Têm leite de soja?

Do you have soy milk?

Words in this phrase

Têm

[tayng]

do you have / they have

Form of 'ter'; with this accent it can mean 'you (plural/formal) have' or 'they have'. In restaurant questions, it often means 'do you have?'.

Example

Têm estacionamento com valet no local?

Do you have on-site parking with valet?

leite

[LAY-che]

Milk

A white liquid produced by female mammals to feed their young.

Example

Eu gosto de leite com café.

I like milk with coffee.

sem lactose?

SEHN lahk-TOH-zeh

without lactose?

'Sem' (without) is nasal: 'sayng'. Say 'sayng lak-TOZ', with your voice rising at the end.

Example

Iogurte sem lactose.

Lactose-free yogurt.

Words in this phrase

sem

[SEHN]

Without

Indicates the absence of something.

Example

Ela fez isso sem avisar.

She did it without warning.

lactose

[lahk-TOH-zeh]

lactose

Milk sugar that some people can't digest.

Example

Tenho problemas com a lactose.

I have problems with lactose.

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