Portuguese · Real conversations
Restaurant problems: Portuguese conversation practice
Explain a problem with an order and settle the bill. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A diner speaking politely to restaurant staff.
Goal: Explain a problem with an order and settle the bill.
Read the conversation
Partner
Aqui está seu prato de frango.
Show English translation
Here is your chicken dish.
You
Não foi isso que eu pedi.
Show English translation
This isn't what I ordered.
Partner
Desculpe. Vou conferir seu pedido. Já escolheram a sobremesa?
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I'm sorry. I'll check your order. Are you ready to choose dessert?
You
Podemos ter mais alguns minutos?
Show English translation
Could we have a few more minutes?
Partner
Claro. Como vocês gostariam de pagar?
Show English translation
Of course. How would you like to pay?
You
Podemos pagar separado?
Show English translation
Could we have separate bills?
Partner
Claro. O restante já chegou?
Show English translation
Certainly. Has everything else arrived?
You
Ainda não recebemos nossas bebidas.
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We haven't received our drinks yet.
Partner
Vou trazer agora. Aqui estão as contas.
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I'll bring them now. Here are your bills.
You
Acho que tem um erro na conta.
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I think there's a mistake on the bill.
Try your part first
Partner says: Here is your chicken dish. Your goal: This isn't what I ordered.
Reveal a sample reply
Não foi isso que eu pedi.
This isn't what I ordered.
Partner says: I'm sorry. I'll check your order. Are you ready to choose dessert? Your goal: Could we have a few more minutes?
Reveal a sample reply
Podemos ter mais alguns minutos?
Could we have a few more minutes?
Partner says: Of course. How would you like to pay? Your goal: Could we have separate bills?
Reveal a sample reply
Podemos pagar separado?
Could we have separate bills?
Partner says: Certainly. Has everything else arrived? Your goal: We haven't received our drinks yet.
Reveal a sample reply
Ainda não recebemos nossas bebidas.
We haven't received our drinks yet.
Partner says: I'll bring them now. Here are your bills. Your goal: I think there's a mistake on the bill.
Reveal a sample reply
Acho que tem um erro na conta.
I think there's a mistake on the bill.
Make it your own
- A different dish is missing.
- Ask for a shared bill.
- Explain a different bill error.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal 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.
