How to Say ‘Do you want to go first?’ in Portuguese
Queres ir primeiro?
KEH-resh eer pree-MAY-roo
[KEH-resh eer pree-MAY-roo]
Phrase Breakdown
Queres
[KEH-resh]
Do you want
Question form; in speech you can add a destination after it: "Queres ir para…?".
Queres apanhar o metro já, ou queres esperar mais um pouco?
Do you want to take the subway now, or do you want to wait a bit longer?
ir
[eer]
to go
Infinitive after "queres".
Queres ir de metro até à estação?
Do you want to go by subway to the station?
primeiro?
pree-MAY-roo
first?
Asks about the first destination/step.
Vamos ao supermercado primeiro.
Let’s go to the supermarket first.
Words in this phrase
primeiro
[pree-MAY-roo]
first
Adverb meaning “first / first of all”; used to order steps in a route.
Primeiro apanhas o metro e depois vais para a estação.
First you take the subway and then you go to the station.
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