Food and drink in Portuguese

Whether you're in a Lisbon café or a Rio boteco, food vocabulary is what you'll use most. Here are the staples, plus the phrase that turns the list into an order.

Drinks

Food

The phrase that puts it to use

To order, use queria ("I'd like") or para mim ("for me"): Queria um café, por favor. Para mim, o frango. Ask for the bill with a conta, por favor.

One to remember: o sumo is juice in Portugal, while Brazilians say o suco.

Make them stick by saying them

Food words stick when you order with them. Navoq has you use these in real café and restaurant sentences out loud, with pronunciation feedback — so you're ready at the counter.