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How to Say ‘I want to go to the station.’ in Portuguese

Quero ir à estação.

KEH-roo eer ah ehsh-tah-SOW

[KEH-roo eer ah ehsh-tah-SOW]

💬 Usage Tip: A + a becomes à, so à estação means "to the station." The same contraction appears in à entrada, à saída.

Phrase Breakdown

Quero

[KEH-roo]

I want

States what you want to do next in your travel plan.

Example

Quero ir à estação, mas primeiro preciso do metro.

I want to go to the station, but first I need the subway.

ir

[eer]

to go

Infinitive after "quero".

Example

Quero ir já, antes de o metro ficar cheio.

I want to go now, before the subway gets crowded.

à estação.

ah ehsh-tah-SOW

to the station.

‘à’ = ‘a’ + ‘a’ (to + the, feminine). ‘estação’ is feminine.

Example

Vou à estação de metro.

I’m going to the metro station.

Words in this phrase

à

[ah]

to the (feminine singular)

Contraction of "a + a". Used with feminine nouns like "estação": "à estação".

Example

Vou à estação de metro comprar o bilhete.

I go to the subway station to buy the ticket.

estação

[ehsh-tah-SOW]

station

Place where you catch a train/metro; context decides which (here: could be metro or train).

Example

A estação fica perto do metro.

The station is near the subway.

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