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Buying a sleeper bus ticket in Portuguese

It's six in the evening at the bus station and you want to travel lying down, so you go to the counter to buy a sleeper ticket.

The phrase

Quero uma passagem de leito para esta noite.
I'd like a sleeper ticket for tonight.

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    passagem/paˈsaʒẽj̃/

    ticketnoun

    A paper or record that gives the right to board a bus, train or plane.

  2. 2
    leito/ˈlejtu/

    sleeper bednoun

    A bed, the place where a person lies down to sleep.

  3. 3
    guichê/ɡiˈʃe/

    ticket counternoun

    A little service window where you buy or ask for something.

  4. 4

    preçoprice

  5. 5

    descontodiscount

  6. 6

    assentoseat

  7. 7

    reclinarto recline

  8. 8

    cobertorblanket

  9. 9

    idaone-way

  10. 10

    voltareturn

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The sentences3 of 10

  1. Quero uma passagem de leito para esta noite.

    I'd like a sleeper ticket for tonight.

  2. Quero uma passagem de leito para viajar deitado até amanhã cedo.

    I'd like a sleeper ticket to travel lying down until tomorrow morning.

  3. Você sabe qual guichê vende passagem de leito?

    Do you know which counter sells sleeper tickets?

Pronunciation

  • passagem/paˈsaʒẽj̃/

    The final -gem is nasal: it comes out like 'jẽi', with the air through the nose.

  • guichê/ɡiˈʃe/

    The ê in the last syllable is closed, and that's where the stress of the word falls.

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Questions

How do you ask for a sleeper ticket in Portuguese?
You can say: 'Quero uma passagem de leito para esta noite.'
What does leito mean?
It means the bed, the place where a person lies down to sleep.

The same situation in Spanish.

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