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Asking for directions in Portuguese

You get off the subway in a neighborhood you don't know, your phone is dead, and the address written on paper doesn't match anything around you.

The phrase

Desculpe, estou meio perdido, não acho essa rua.
Sorry, I'm a little lost, I can't find this street.

10 words10 sentences

The ten words3 of 10

  1. 1
    perdido/peʁˈdʒidu/Also said peɾˈdʒidu.

    lostadjective

    Not knowing where you are or how to get to where you want to go.

  2. 2
    rua/ˈʁuɐ/

    streetnoun

    A city road, with houses and buildings on both sides, where cars and people pass.

  3. 3
    esquina/isˈkĩnɐ/

    cornernoun

    The place where two streets meet.

  4. 4

    direçãodirection

  5. 5

    frentefront

  6. 6

    pertonear

  7. 7

    virarto turn

  8. 8

    atravessarto cross

  9. 9

    perguntarto ask

  10. 10

    entenderto understand

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The sentences3 of 10

  1. Desculpe, estou meio perdido, não acho essa rua.

    Sorry, I'm a little lost, I can't find this street.

  2. Essa rua do papel existe aqui nesse bairro?

    Does this street from the paper exist here in this neighborhood?

  3. Tem um ponto de ônibus naquela esquina ali?

    Is there a bus stop on that corner over there?

Pronunciation

  • perdido/peʁˈdʒidu/

    The di in the stressed syllable sounds like 'dji', and the final o sounds like u.

  • esquina/isˈkĩnɐ/

    The first e sounds like an i, and the i in the stressed syllable is nasal: is-KI-na.

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Questions

How do you say you're lost in Portuguese?
You say estou perdido, using the word perdido, as in 'Desculpe, estou meio perdido, não acho essa rua.'
What's the Portuguese word for 'corner'?
It's esquina, as in 'Tem um ponto de ônibus naquela esquina ali?'

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