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Lunch at a pay-by-weight restaurant in Portuguese

It's noon, you pick up a tray at the entrance, build your plate however you like, and carry it all to the scale.

The phrase

Você pega uma bandeja na entrada e monta seu prato.
You pick up a tray at the entrance and build your plate.

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    bandeja/bɐ̃ˈdeʒɐ/

    traynoun

    A flat piece with a rim used to carry plates and cups.

  2. 2
    balança/baˈlɐ̃sɐ/

    scalenoun

    A device that shows how much something weighs.

  3. 3
    quilo/ˈkilu/

    kilonoun

    A unit of weight equal to a thousand grams.

  4. 4

    feijãobeans

  5. 5

    farofafarofa

  6. 6

    talherutensil

  7. 7

    caixacashier

  8. 8

    pesarto weigh

  9. 9

    servirto serve

  10. 10

    escolherto choose

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The sentences3 of 10

  1. Você pega uma bandeja na entrada e monta seu prato.

    You pick up a tray at the entrance and build your plate.

  2. Você coloca o prato na balança antes de pagar no caixa.

    You put your plate on the scale before paying at the register.

  3. Você pode me dizer quanto custa o quilo aqui hoje?

    Can you tell me how much the kilo costs here today?

Pronunciation

  • bandeja/bɐ̃ˈdeʒɐ/

    The 'an' is nasal and the 'e' in the stressed syllable is closed, like the a in 'gate' without the glide.

  • balança/baˈlɐ̃sɐ/

    The 'an' in the middle is nasal, the air goes out through the nose, and the stress falls on that syllable.

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Questions

How do you say tray in Portuguese?
Bandeja. You pick one up at the entrance and use it to carry your plate and cutlery.
What do you say to ask the price per kilo?
Você pode me dizer quanto custa o quilo aqui hoje? — can you tell me how much the kilo costs here today?

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