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How to say please in European Portuguese

What people say, and how it sounds.

The answer
pleasepor favor/puɾ fɐˈvoɾ/
please, the Portugal wayse faz favor/ˈsɨ fɐʃ fɐˈvoɾ/

The short answer

Por favor works everywhere. Se faz favor (often shortened to faz favor) is the Portuguese one: you will hear it at every café counter and it is the quickest way to sound as if you learned your Portuguese in Portugal.

Both go at the end of a request: Um café, se faz favor.

s'fash fa-VOR

The se nearly disappears and the z turns into the Portuguese sh, so the whole thing runs together as s'fash fa-VOR, stress on the last syllable. Por favor is poor fa-VOR, with a tapped r.

Hear it in a sentence

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

por favor/puɾ fɐˈvoɾ/

please

Só ida, por favor.

One way, please.

Um chá, por favor.

A tea, please.

A conta, por favor.

The bill, please.

se faz favor/ˈsɨ fɐʃ fɐˈvoɾ/

please

A conta, se faz favor.

The bill, please.

Devagar, se faz favor!

Slow down, please!

Com açúcar, se faz favor.

With sugar, please.

People also ask

Can I just say faz favor?

Yes. It is the everyday short form, and it also gets a waiter's attention: Faz favor!

Where does please go in the sentence?

At the end, after a comma: A conta, se faz favor.

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