How to Say ‘For how many people?’ in Portuguese
Para quantas pessoas?
PAH-rah KWAHN-tash puh-SOH-ash
[PAH-rah KWAHN-tash puh-SOH-ash]
Phrase Breakdown
Para quantas
PAH-rah KWAHN-tash
For how many
Used to ask about quantity before a noun like 'people'.
Para quantas pessoas é a reserva?
How many people is the reservation for?
Words in this phrase
Para
[PAH-rah]
for
Introduces the number of guests in a reservation question.
A reserva é para quantas pessoas esta noite?
The reservation is for how many people tonight?
quantas
[KWAHN-tash]
how many
Used to ask about quantity with feminine plural nouns.
Para quantas pessoas precisam de cadeiras extra?
For how many people do you need extra chairs?
Pessoas?
puh-SOH-ash
People?
The noun 'pessoas' means people; with a question mark it completes the question.
Quantas pessoas vão jantar?
How many people are going to dine?
Words in this phrase
pessoas
[puh-SOH-ash]
people
Refers to the number of guests included in the booking.
As pessoas chegam todas ao mesmo tempo.
The people all arrive at the same time.
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