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How to Say ‘We ask for thirty percent’ in Portuguese

Pedimos trinta por cento

peh-DEE-moosh TREEN-tuh poor SEN-too

[peh-DEE-moosh TREEN-tuh poor SEN-too]

💬 Usage Tip: pedir already means "to ask for", so there's no separate word for "for". You'd say pedimos a conta, not something like "pedimos para a conta", to mean "we ask for the bill".

Phrase Breakdown

Pedimos

[peh-DEE-moosh]

we ask for / we request

First person plural present of 'pedir', to ask for.

Example

Pedimos um sinal para grupos grandes.

We ask for a deposit for large groups.

trinta por cento

TREEN-tuh poor SEN-too

thirty percent

'Trinta' and 'cento' have nasal vowels: 'TREEN-ta poor SEN-too'.

Example

Há trinta por cento de desconto.

There's a thirty percent discount.

Words in this phrase

trinta

[TREEN-tuh]

thirty

The number 30.

Example

O mês tem trinta dias.

The month has thirty days.

por

[poor]

per

Used in 'por cento' meaning per cent.

Example

Há dez por cento de desconto.

There is a ten per cent discount.

cento

[SEN-too]

hundred (in percent)

Form of 'cem' used in 'por cento', per cent.

Example

Cinquenta por cento já está pago.

Fifty per cent is already paid.

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