More translations of Portuguese: read it please - p o r f a v o r

Here are some useful translations from English to Portuguese.

1 English
I feel sick.
I feel better.
Thank you for your help.
I need a chair.
I need a bed.

Portuguese

Sinto-me doente.

Eu me sinto melhor.

Obrigado pela ajuda.

Eu preciso de uma cadeira.

Eu preciso de uma cama.

2 English
I need a glass of water.
I can't drink.
I can't eat.
I want bottled water.
I can pay.

Portuguese

Preciso de um copo de água.

Eu não posso beber.

Eu não posso comer.

Quero água engarrafada.

Eu posso pagar.

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3 English
How much is it?
I need a nurse.
Please call my family.
Tell my wife/husband/mother/father/son/daughter, brother/sister.
Please call my friend.

Portuguese

Quanto isso custa?

Eu preciso de uma enfermeira.

Por favor, chame a minha família.

Diga a minha esposa / marido / pai / mãe / filho / filha, irmão / irmã.

Por favor, ligue meu amigo.

4 English
I need a phone.
My passport is in my pocket.
My passport in in the room.
My passport is in the hotel.
What shall I do?

Eu preciso de um telefone.

Meu passaporte está no meu bolso.

Meu passaporte em no quarto.

Meu passaporte está no hotel.

O que devo fazer?

5 English
The pills.
The medicine.
How often do I take it?
What is the dose?
Can I travel?

Portuguese

Os comprimidos.

O remédio.

Quantas vezes devo tomar?

Qual é a dose?

Posso viajar?

6 English
This is my insurance company.

Portuguese

Esta é a minha companhia de seguros.

Having started both Italian and Spanish with Duolingo, some of these words look familiar to me. Even without having the translation to hand, I shall be able to remember one word.

1 Hotel is the same word.  

Several words simply require the addition of a or o. 

2  Water is á g u a, like aquatic or aquarium, with the tail on the left to turn the q into a g. 

3 Father like papa is p a i . 

4 Friend is amigo.

5 Passport is passeporte.

6 Medicine or remedy is r e m e d i o .

7 Telephone is t e le f o n e .

8 Please, same as the Spanish, is p o r  f a v o r.  Spell checker  can immediately see that  p o r and for are similar, and f a v o r is almost the same as favour. It's rather like the English phrase, do me a favour.

9 Family is f a m i l i a.

10 Thank you or much obliged is o b r i g a d o.

Thank you for reading my post on Portuguese. Obrigado - thank you / much obliged.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, English language and languages teacher.