Na padaria · 1 of 1Week of 6 – 12 Sept
Order grilled bread and a pingado
It's seven in the morning, you walk into the padaria still half asleep and you want grilled bread and a pingado before catching the bus.
These ten words are for ordering grilled bread and coffee at a Brazilian padaria, including pão, chapa and pingado. Each one comes with its pronunciation and a sentence you can actually say out loud at the counter.
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Subscribe$6 a monthThe ten words10 words, 10 sentences
- 1pãobread/pɐ̃w̃/nounFood made from flour, water and salt, baked in an oven.The "ão" is nasal: the air goes out through the nose and the ending sounds like a nasal "oo".
- 2chapagriddle/ˈʃapɐ/nounA flat metal plate, like the one that gets hot on the stove for grilling food.
- 3pingadomilk coffee/pĩˈɡadu/nounCoffee with a little milk, served in a small cup.The "in" is nasal; the final "o" sounds like "oo": pin-GA-doo.
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The sentences
- 1
Bom dia, você pode fazer um pão na chapa com manteiga?
Good morning, could you grill some bread with butter for me?
- 2
Deixa o pão um pouco mais na chapa, por favor.
Leave the bread on the griddle a bit longer, please.
- 3
Me vê um pingado e um pão na chapa, por favor.
I'll have a pingado and grilled bread, please.