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.10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1perdido/peʁˈdʒidu/Also said peɾˈdʒidu.
lostadjective
Not knowing where you are or how to get to where you want to go.
- 2rua/ˈʁuɐ/
streetnoun
A city road, with houses and buildings on both sides, where cars and people pass.
- 3esquina/isˈkĩnɐ/
cornernoun
The place where two streets meet.
- 4
direçãodirection
- 5
frentefront
- 6
pertonear
- 7
virarto turn
- 8
atravessarto cross
- 9
perguntarto ask
- 10
entenderto understand
The sentences3 of 10
Desculpe, estou meio perdido, não acho essa rua.
Sorry, I'm a little lost, I can't find this street.
Essa rua do papel existe aqui nesse bairro?
Does this street from the paper exist here in this neighborhood?
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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Get the Pass7 days free, then USD 5.99 a monthOr try one for freeArriving after midnightQuestions
- 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?'
The same situation in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German.