Portuguese Travel Words

Knowing these Portuguese travel words will make your stay in a Brazilian hotel much more comfortable!

Pronouncing Portuguese Travel Words

After this free audio lesson you'll be able to ask for what you need in Portuguese, find your way around the hotel, and share any concerns you have with the hotel staff. Let's start with some basics...

At the Hotel in Portuguese

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A chave
The key
O número da chave
The key number
Você está no quarto número 29
You are in room number 29
Directions will be given with reference to floors...
Rés-do-chão
Ground floor
O primeiro andar
First floor
O segundo andar
Second floor
O terceiro andar
Third floor
O quarto andar
Fourth floor

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You may wish to know where the following are…
Onde fica o elevador?
Where is the elevator?
Onde fica a piscina?
Where is the swimming pool?
Onde fica o restaurante?
Where is the restaurant?
Onde vocês servem o café da manhã?
Where do you serve breakfast?
You may also want to know...
A que horas é o check-out?
What time is check-out?
Pago agora ou no check-out?
Do I pay now or at check-out?
Quando vocês servem o café da manhã?
When do you serve breakfast?
If your room isn’t equipped with all the facilities you’d like, here are some useful phrases…
Preciso de mais toalhas (de banho)
I need more (bath) towels
Preciso de mais toalhas (de rosto)
I need more (hand) towels
Though “rosto” actually means face. We call hand towels “face towels”.
Preciso de mais sabonete
I need more soap
There are two words for “soap” in Portuguese and which one you use depends on what kind of soap you are looking for: Hand soap, or the one you use to take a shower/clean yourself is called sabonete Detergents, laundry or dish wash powders are called sabão and you complete it with the purpose of the soap:
Sabão em pó
Laundry powder
Sabão líquido
Detergent / Liquid soap
As a rule, you may use sabão for any cleaning soap, and sabonete for personal hygiene soaps.
Presciso de papel higiênico
I need more toilet paper
Preciso de mais um cobertor
I need one more blanket
Though I doubt you’d need an extra blanket in most parts of Brazil! You may want to have a clean one though. So you’d have to say:
Preciso de roupa de cama limpa
I need clean sheets
Here are some final words and phrases that might come in handy…
Uma cama de casal
A double bed (for two people)
Duas camas de solteiro
Two single beds
Ar-condicionado
The air conditioning
O aquecedor
The heater
O ar-condicionado está quebrado
The air conditioning is broken
O ar-condicionado não funciona
The air conditioning does not function
Sujo / Suja
Dirty
Barulhento
Noisy
Limpo / Limpa
Clean
Frio
Cold
Quente
Hot
A água
The water
A luz
The light
Quebrado / Quebrada
Broken
Inaceitável
Unacceptable

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