How to Say ‘It's a pleasure.’ in Portuguese
É um prazer.
eh oong pruh-ZHER
[eh oong pruh-ZHER]
🇵🇹 In Portugal: [É um prazer.] is a service-style polite reply, like "my pleasure." In a restaurant, staff may use it naturally, but as a customer you'd usually say [obrigado/a] rather than this.
Phrase Breakdown
É
[eh]
is
Verb meaning is, used in polite expressions.
É um prazer receber-vos no restaurante.
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the restaurant.
Um prazer
oong pruh-ZHER
a pleasure
Polite expression used to respond graciously.
Foi um prazer conhecê-lo.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Words in this phrase
um
[oong]
a
Masculine singular indefinite article used before prazer.
É um detalhe simples, mas importante.
It is a simple detail, but important.
prazer
[pruh-ZHER]
pleasure
A polite noun used in customer service to mean pleasure.
Para nós, é um prazer ajudar em dias especiais.
For us, it is a pleasure to help on special days.
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