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Ordering Coffee in Portugal | European Portuguese Listening Practice

Ordering a Coffee in Portugal

In this video, you’ll learn how to order a coffee in Portugal, a task more complex than it seems! There...

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  • 00:00:03Café é sempre uma boa ideia. Coffee is always a good idea.
  • 00:00:06Está claro que em Portugal beber a famosa “bica", o café espresso, It is clear that in Portugal, drinking the famous "bica" (espresso),
  • 00:00:10várias vezes ao dia é mais do que uma tradição, é quase uma obrigação. several times a day is more than a tradition, it is almost a must.
  • 00:00:14É parte da nossa cultura ir ao café, seja para fazer uma pausa diária e recarregar as energias, It is part of our culture to go to the café, whether to take a daily break and recharge,
  • 00:00:23seja para socializar com os colegas e amigos, ou até por a conversa em dia no “café do costume”. or to socialize with colleagues and friends, or even to catch up in "the usual café".
  • 00:00:31Ir ao café do bairro onde se mora ou se trabalha, é um hábito nosso, Going to the neighbourhood café where you live or work is a habit of ours,
  • 00:00:35e o português vive de tradições como esta. and the Portuguese live on traditions like this.
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Vocabulary
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Expressions
O abatanadoThe americano (espresso with more water) a bicathe espresso regional term, spout O galãoEspresso with sugar and lots of milk A meia de leitePortuguese beverage that is about half espresso and half steamed milk Até à próxima!Until next time!, See you next time! Café curtoEspresso with little coffee Café com cheirinhoEspresso with aguardente, a kind of Portuguese brandy Café pingadoEspresso with just a drop of milk CariocaWeaker coffee, made by passing water through the ground coffee already used to pull another espresso Café sem princípioEspresso made without using the first few drops that leave the machine GarotoA small cup with milk and a tiny amount of espresso
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