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.10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1passagem/paˈsaʒẽj̃/
ticketnoun
A paper or record that gives the right to board a bus, train or plane.
- 2leito/ˈlejtu/
sleeper bednoun
A bed, the place where a person lies down to sleep.
- 3guichê/ɡiˈʃe/
ticket counternoun
A little service window where you buy or ask for something.
- 4
preçoprice
- 5
descontodiscount
- 6
assentoseat
- 7
reclinarto recline
- 8
cobertorblanket
- 9
idaone-way
- 10
voltareturn
The sentences3 of 10
Quero uma passagem de leito para esta noite.
I'd like a sleeper ticket for tonight.
Quero uma passagem de leito para viajar deitado até amanhã cedo.
I'd like a sleeper ticket to travel lying down until tomorrow morning.
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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- 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.