Restaurant reservations Part 3: Confirming the reservation details, including date, time, and number of guests.

💬 [Queria] literally looks like [I wanted], but in Portugal it's a very common polite way to say [I'd like]. You can reuse the same softening with other verbs: [Queria marcar] = [I'd like to book].

🇵🇹 In Portugal, [se faz favor] is a very normal polite [please] in service situations, often a bit more old-fashioned or regionally warm than [por favor]. You'll still hear both, and either is fine.

💬 [Queria] is a common polite softener in Portugal: literally [I wanted], but used like [I'd like]. It makes requests sound less direct than [Quero].

💬 Portuguese often uses [está] where English uses [is] in set phrases like [Em nome de quem está a reserva?]. Think of [está em nome de] as a chunk meaning [is under the name of].