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How to say how are you in European Portuguese

What people say, and how it sounds.

The answer
to anyonetudo bem/ˈtudu ˈbɐ̃j̃/
to a friend (tu)como estás
polite (você)como está

The short answer

Tudo bem? (all good?) is the one you can say to anyone, and its answer is tudo bem again. Como estás? is for someone you address as tu: a friend, a child, a colleague your age. Como está? is for everyone else.

The Portuguese usually attach it to the greeting: Olá, tudo bem?

TOO-du BÃY

Tudo is TOO-du, the final vowel barely there. Bem is nasal, close to bãy, with no m at the end. In estás the stress is on the á and the final s is a soft sh.

Hear it in a sentence

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

tudo bem/ˈtudu ˈbɐ̃j̃/

All good

Tudo bem! E tu?

All good! And you?

Tudo bem, e você?

All good, and you?

Olá, Rosa! Tudo bem?

Hi, Rosa! All good?

como estás

How are you

Olá, Zé! Como estás?

Hi, Zé! How are you?

Bom dia, Ana! Como estás?

Good morning, Ana! How are you? (informal)

Bom dia, Rosa! Como estás?

Good morning, Rosa! How are you? (informal)

como está

How are you

Como está o tempo hoje?

What's the weather like today?

Bom dia, D. Ana! Como está?

Good morning, Ms. Ana! How are you?

Boa tarde, D. Ana! Como está?

Good afternoon, Ms. Ana! How are you?

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What do I answer?

Tudo bem, obrigado (or obrigada), then the question back: E tu? to a friend, E o senhor? or E a senhora? to anyone else.

Tu or você?

Tu for friends, family and people your age in informal settings; você or the person's title for anyone else.

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