Public transport in Portugal: words and phrases
Comboio, autocarro, elétrico: the words used in Portugal (not Brazil) and the phrases to buy a ticket and find your stop.
Portugal vs Brazil
o comboio (train; in Brazil trem) · o autocarro (bus; Brazil ônibus) · o elétrico (tram; Brazil bonde) · o metro (Brazil metrô) · a paragem (bus or tram stop; Brazil ponto).
Also useful: o bilhete (ticket), o passe (monthly pass), a estação (station), o cais (platform), a linha (track: sai da linha 4), validar (to validate).
Phrases
Um bilhete para o Porto, por favor.
A ticket to Porto, please.
Este autocarro vai para o centro?
Does this bus go to the centre?
Onde é a paragem do 28?
Where is the stop for the 28?
Pode avisar-me quando chegarmos?
Could you tell me when we get there?
Try thisIn Portugal you apanhar (catch) a bus or train: vou apanhar o comboio. Pegar o ônibus is what you would hear in Brazil.
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