Restaurant & Café

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In European Portuguese, 'ementa' is used for the restaurant menu (contrast with Brazilian 'cardápio').

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Used to request the total payment at the end of a meal.

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Basic noun for requesting seating in a restaurant.

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Can also be feminine: 'a empregada' (waitress).

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Feminine noun, takes feminine article 'a'.

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In Portugal, ordering 'um café' defaults to a short espresso.

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Masculine noun for tea.

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Use 'com' (with) to combine ingredients.

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Irregular plural: -ão changes to -ães.

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Common accompaniment for bread at breakfast or starters.

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In European Portuguese, 'sumo' is juice (contrast with Brazilian 'suco').

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Portugal is famous for 'vinho tinto' (red) and 'vinho verde' (green).

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In Portugal, a small draft beer is often called an 'imperial'.

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Refers to both physical plates and meal dishes.

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Feminine noun for meat.

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Masculine noun for fish.

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Standard side or starter option.

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Literally means 'over table'.

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Masculine noun for cake.

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General term for fruit.

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Regular-ish -ir verb used for ordering food.

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Regular -ar verb used when settling the bill.

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Standard -er verb for eating.

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Standard -er verb for drinking, using informal 'tu' form.

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Adjective agrees in gender/number with the noun ('deliciosa' for feminine nouns).