Presenting your work at the office: Answering questions after the presentation

💬 ficar "to stay/become" with a describing word means "to end up" in that state. Here fica pronto "gets done/will be ready" uses the present tense for the future. The same pattern gives fica caro "it ends up expensive".

💬 é que after a question word adds emphasis and is very common in Portugal: Quando é que...?, Onde é que...? "Where...?". You can drop it and say Quando fica pronto? with the same meaning.

💬 Month names in Portuguese are written in lowercase: março, junho, setembro.

💬 correr means "to run", but here it means "to go", as in how things go. After se about the future, Portuguese uses the special form correr instead of corre, as in se tudo correr mal "if it all goes wrong".

💬 Months are written in lowercase in Portuguese: março, abril. Use em before a month to say "in", as in em junho.

💬 Use qual "which" rather than o que when you ask for a specific piece of information like a budget, a name or a number. For example, Qual é o seu email? means "What's your email?".

💬 In orçamento, the ç sounds like an "s". The unstressed o at the start is barely heard: (oor-sa-MEN-too).

💬 With an amount of money, Portuguese says São "they are" because the euros are plural, where English says "It's". mil "thousand" never takes an s: dois mil euros.

💬 Put it before a number to mean "about": mais ou menos cinco "about five". On its own it can also mean "so-so".

💬 In Portugal, "me" attaches after the verb with a hyphen in plain statements and questions like this: enviar-me. The same pattern gives pode ligar-me? "can you call me?".

🇵🇹 Com certeza is a warm, professional yes, and it's very common in Portuguese workplaces. It sounds more committed than a plain sim "yes".

💬 The present tense Envio "I send" is normally used for near-future promises. ainda hoje means "later today" or "before today is over", not "still today".

💬 Obrigada matches the speaker, not the listener: women say obrigada and men say obrigado. pela is por + a, so it means "for the".

🇵🇹 This is the gracious, standard reply when someone thanks you, especially a boss or client. It turns the thanks back to them and is warmer than just saying de nada "you're welcome".

🇵🇹 This is a typical friendly sign-off in Portugal after a meeting in the middle of the day. Later on, switch to Boa tarde or Bom resto de semana "have a good rest of the week".

🇵🇹 This is the standard comeback to any good wish, like Bom fim de semana "have a good weekend". It works with anyone, formal or casual.

💬 Até "until" combines with any time word to say goodbye: até logo "see you later", até segunda "see you Monday".