Portuguese · Real conversations
How to respond to “Você gostaria de vir jantar?” in Portuguese
An invitation can be accepted, declined, clarified, or considered. Make your response clear enough for the other person to plan.
What you might hear
Você gostaria de vir jantar?
Would you like to come to dinner?
Choose a reply that fits
Eu adoraria.
I'd love to.
Accept warmly when you can attend.
Obrigado / obrigada, mas não posso.
Thanks, but I can't.
Decline politely without an invented excuse.
A que horas começa?
What time does it start?
Ask for practical information before deciding.
Posso dar uma resposta amanhã?
Can I let you know tomorrow?
Ask for time and name when you can respond.
Two short exchanges
An invitation to dinner
Você gostaria de vir jantar?
Would you like to come to dinner?
Eu adoraria.
I'd love to.
A group invitation
Você gostaria de se juntar a nós amanhã?
Would you like to join us tomorrow?
Obrigado / obrigada, mas não posso.
Thanks, but I can't.
Your turn
Ask when the event begins before you decide.
Reveal a sample reply
A que horas começa?
What time does it start?
This response guide in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
