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How to say good morning in European Portuguese

What people say, and how it sounds.

The answer
until lunchbom dia/ˈbõ ˈdiɐ/

The short answer

Bom dia, literally good day. It is the normal hello from waking up until lunch, to a friend, a shopkeeper or a stranger in a lift, and it works as a goodbye in the same hours.

Add the person's name after a comma, as the Portuguese do: Bom dia, Ana!

bõ DEE-a

Bom is nasal, like the French bon, with no m sound at the end. In dia the stress is on the first syllable and the d is soft, close to the th in this. Said together it is two quick beats.

Hear it in a sentence

Every line is one the course teaches, with its European Portuguese audio.

bom dia/ˈbõ ˈdiɐ/

good morning

Bom dia, D. Rosa!

Good morning, Ms. Rosa!

Bom dia! Tem horas?

Good morning! Do you have the time?

Firma Costa, bom dia.

Costa and Co., good morning.

People also ask

Until what time do I say bom dia?

Until lunch, which in Portugal is around one. After that it is boa tarde.

Is it rude to say olá instead?

No, but bom dia is what you will hear back, and it sounds more at home.

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