Portuguese Phrase Book

Eyewitness Phrase Books

by D.K. Eyewitness Travel, Mike Harland, Ana de Sa

Featuring pronunciation, a menu guide, a mini-dictionary, hotel information, and emergency phrases. Whether you're trying to order dinner or get back to your hotel, you cannot make your way without knowing what to say, and the Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books are the perfect guide for tongue-tied tourists. These compact, user-friendly books fit right into your pocket or purse, and meet the communications needs of the tourist and business traveler alike. Based on an innovative system of imitated pronunciation, phrases are organized into logical and practical divisions, including time; food and drink; air travel; bus, taxi, and subway information; shopping; health and medical care; and much more. Typical replies to questions you may be asked, as well as signs and instructions you're likely to see or hear, are also given. The guides also include a carefully selected mini-dictionary, and useful conversion tables translating distance, clothing sizes, and weight.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1958

Reviews

[Kiron Reid · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful small pocket phrasebook. I used it extensively on my recent holiday in Portugal. It helped me not only rely on people speaking English (though in the tourist areas we were in many people in hotels and restaurants and bars did) but also gave me some useful background. Plus it meant I didn't have to look at my phone all the time, indeed the book was at times more accurate than the main popular translation app on the internet. The menu reader didn't particularly cover food in the region we were in (east of the Algarve) but was helpful including some Brazilian dishes as well as we found Brazilian cuisine quite popular.