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How to Say ‘They're all already booked’ in Portuguese

Já estão todas reservadas

zhah shTOWN TOH-dush reh-zer-VAH-dahsh

[zhah shTOWN TOH-dush reh-zer-VAH-dahsh]

💬 Usage Tip: todas reservadas ends in -as because it refers to mesas "tables". About seats you'd hear todos reservados instead, matching lugares "seats".

Phrase Breakdown

Já estão

zhah shTOWN

They are already

'Já' means 'already'. In 'estão', the first 'e' is almost silent and 'ão' is a nasal diphthong: 'shTÃO'.

Example

Já estão prontos.

They're already ready.

Words in this phrase

Já

[zhah]

already

Prior to a specified or implied time.

Example

Já comi meu almoço.

I have already eaten my lunch.

estão

[shTOWN]

they are

Plural of 'estar'; Portuguese often answers yes by repeating the verb.

Example

Estão todos bem.

They are all well.

todas reservadas

TOH-dush reh-zer-VAH-dahsh

all reserved

Both words are feminine plural, agreeing with 'mesas' (tables). The final 's' sounds like 'sh': 'TOH-dush reh-zer-VAH-dush'.

Example

As salas estão todas reservadas.

The rooms are all booked.

Words in this phrase

todas

[TOH-dush]

all

Feminine plural of todo; after a noun it stresses 'all of them'.

Example

Comi as bolachas todas.

I ate all the biscuits.

reservadas

[reh-zer-VAH-dahsh]

reserved

Feminine plural past participle of 'reservar', booked in advance.

Example

As cadeiras estão reservadas.

The chairs are reserved.

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