European Portuguese Conversation Tips: DON’T say “Obrigado!”

European Portuguese Conversation Tips: DON’T say “Obrigado!” - Don’t say obrigado in Portuguese: you can do better! In this video, I teach simple words to express gratitude that will make you sound super natural in Portuguese. It’s not all about pronunciation and the correct grammar… The right choice of words can make people confuse you for a local! Ready to step up your game? – Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal by Liz Sharma, a Portuguese teacher in Lisbon and founder of Talk the Streets.

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[JoosJoestar]

I'm from Lisbon and currently living in Coimbra. I always said and heard "obrigado" regularly, so I'm guessing this might depend on the region. All the examples you're giving are also used and it's good for foreigners to know, but saying "don't say obrigado" will just make it confusing for learners. Please do use "obrigado" as this is perfectly correct and commonly used in fluent portuguese :)

[lilidiomas]

People from my hometown, Guarda (Beira Alta) and Covilhã (Beira Baixa) say "Bem-haja" very often 😊

[stephannieschapiro]

Liz this one!!! I have had so many people help me, leave me little gifts and been so kind to me in my first two week here at my new home. And I felt so ... lackluster to just keep saying muito obrigada.
Now I have an entire arsenal of gratitude! Fico mesmo agradecido❤

[PlanetImo]

Não sei como agradecer por este video! :)

[HarryHaller]

Este vídeo é super informativo e útil - agradeço-te do fundo do meu coração 😉

[OphirYahav]

Muito obrigado pelo video muito util. Boa quarta-feira ❤.

[jenniferstrachan]

Thank you so much
I really appreciate your help and advice

[rehanjungthakuri]

Obrigadão for this video ! Was lookin for this kinda video ❤️

[lilidiomas]

Liz, não sei se já terás feito algum vídeo assim, mas seria interessante um com diferentes maneiras de dizer "you're welcome" em português: "de nada" (you're welcome), "ora essa" ("not at all"), "não tem de quê" ("you don't have to"), "é um prazer" (it's a pleasure"), "não é nada" ("that's nothing"), "não faz mal" ("that's ok"), etc...😅😍 A tradução que fiz é como entendo que seria mais adequado, como sentiria se o tivesse que dizer em inglês. Espero não estar errada. Podes-me corregir se estiver a "meter a pata/o pé na argola" ("screw up" or "goof up"), se for o caso. ☺ Espero ter ajudado e não te complicar a vida com a minha sugestão 🤣😇😂 Gosto muito dos teus vídeos, por isso é que o digo, lol.

[brunomadeira]

Obrigadinho is indeed quite tricky. Depending on the intonation it either is a kind and affectionate thank you or a thanks for nothing.

[claudine]

Thanks, Liz. This was very helpful. (I think I *have* used obrigadinha once before...😮)
Something else to clarify; could you do a video on food, please, iro when to use alimentação, comida, & refeição?

[Wooooomaia]

Dude this lesson was awesome. Pronouncing “retribuir” took me 15 minutes alone

[caroled]

❤thank you 😂I didn't get that there could be a sarcastic interpretation.

[SkinnerRobot]

Excellent video. Thank you. And I just subscribed. Tchau.

[UltimateMoralizer]

Este vídeo é muito útil. Português do Brasil é complicado também.

[Poraqui]

Aí vão outras:

Um bem haja pela solicitude!

Um grande bem haja pelo gesto!

[TabernaTech]

Hi! I'm new here!! I like too much your video!!
Here in Brazil, we have some different ways to say thank you. But also some of expressions that you taugth, we dont use it in brazil, like here: 2:12 or here at 2:20.
I have to say that the Brazilian Portugueses it's kinda diffenent from European Portuguese!
"Valeu mesmo" pelo seu video! É muito bom e muito instrutivo!

[RReederONE]

I appreciate all the tips, though I must admit I wondered at first what was wrong with saying "Obrigado/ -da" and thought it was going to be something quite serious. Whew!

[tuxdude]

Some tendencies are regional. Where I live on the silver coast about two hours north of Lisbon, most everybody pronounces the o. I lived in Lisbon for a bit last year and almost nobody says it as you reference in this video.

[JDevCode]

I'm fond of learning English, help me I'm Portuguese