Unit 3 · At the caféA1Lesson 5 of 5: The bill, please
Asking for the bill in European Portuguese
This is the last of 5 lessons in Unit 3, At the café (No café), an A1 unit in which you order coffee, drinks and snacks politely, and ask for the bill. The new words are a conta (bill), quanto é (how much is it), o empregado (waiter) and 3 more, practised in 10 example sentences. Building on With or without sugar?, it gets you to sentences like Quanto é a tosta mista? (“How much is the ham and cheese toastie?”). The unit’s grammar notes cover “Com, sem and de” and “O or a? Um or uma?”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
a conta | bill |
quanto é | how much is it |
o empregadoalso a empregada | waiterAlso o empregado de mesa. For a woman: a empregada. |
a ementa | menu |
aqui | here |
a pastelaria | pastry shopA café that sells cakes and pastries, found on every corner in Portugal. |
Example sentences
- A conta, se faz favor.The bill, please.To call the waiter, just say Se faz favor!
- Quanto é?How much is it?
- A ementa, por favor.The menu, please.
- Aqui está a conta.Here's the bill.
- Desculpe, é o empregado?Excuse me, are you the waiter?
- A empregada fala inglês?Does the waitress speak English?
- A pastelaria é aqui.The pastry shop is here.
- Quanto é a tosta mista?How much is the ham and cheese toastie?
- Mais um galão e a conta, se faz favor.Another galão and the bill, please.
- Desculpe, quanto é, se faz favor?Excuse me, how much is it, please?
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 3: At the café: