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How to Say ‘How much does the card cost?’ in Portuguese

Quanto custa o cartão?

KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh oo kur-TOWN

[KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh oo kur-TOWN]

💬 Usage Tip: Quanto custa...? works for any single item. For more than one thing, use Quanto custam os bilhetes? "How much do the tickets cost?"

Phrase Breakdown

Quanto custa

KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh

How much does it cost

A key shopping phrase. 'Quanto' sounds like 'KWAN-tu', and 'custa' like 'KUSH-ta' ('s' before a consonant sounds like 'sh').

Example

Quanto custa isto?

How much does this cost?

Words in this phrase

Quanto

[KWAHN-too]

how much

Question word for amount or price.

Example

Quanto é o bilhete?

How much is the ticket?

custa

[KOOSH-tuh]

costs

Third-person present of 'custar', to cost.

Example

O café custa um euro.

The coffee costs one euro.

o cartão?

oo kur-TOWN

the card?

'cartão' ends in the nasal 'ão'. Raise your pitch at the end.

Example

Onde está o cartão?

Where is the card?

Words in this phrase

o

[oo]

the

A masculine singular definite article used before nouns.

Example

O prazer de participar foi grande.

The pleasure of taking part was great.

cartão

[kur-TOWN]

card

A card, here the transport card.

Example

Perdi o meu cartão.

I lost my card.

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The Portuguese You Actually Need in Your First Month in PortugalThe European Portuguese phrases for your first weeks in Portugal: paperwork, renting a flat, the bank, the health centre, cafés, trains and your new neighbours.

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