🛍️ Japanese Shopping in Stores Vocabulary Compras na loja
10 essential Brazilian Portuguese words for the Shopping in Stores scene, each with IPA, English meaning, CEFR level and native speaker audio, plus example sentences. Tap 🔊 to listen.
- sacola /saˈkɔlɐ/ A2shopping bag · open [ɔ]Você quer uma sacola plástica ou trouxe a sua?Do you want a plastic bag, or did you bring your own?
- etiqueta /etʃiˈketɐ/ A2price tag, label · also: etiquette · ti=[tʃi]; noun stressed [e] (closed)Confere o preço na etiqueta antes de ir pro caixa.Check the price on the tag before going to the register.
- tamanho /taˈmɐ̃ɲu/ A2size (clothing; dimensions) · nasal [ɐ̃]; nh=[ɲ]Essa calça tem no tamanho quarenta e dois?Do you have these pants in size forty-two?
- provador /pɾovaˈdoʁ/ B1fitting room · closed [o]; final r=[ʁ]Pode levar três peças no provador de cada vez.You can take three items into the fitting room at a time.
- balcão /bawˈkɐ̃w̃/ A2counter (in a shop) · nasal diphthong [ɐ̃w̃]; l→[w]Deixa suas compras aqui no balcão que eu embrulho pra presente.Leave your purchases here on the counter and I'll gift-wrap them.
- cliente /kliˈẽtʃi/ A2customer, client · o/a cliente (same form) · nasal [ẽ]; -te=[tʃi]O vendedor atende cada cliente com muita paciência.The salesman serves every customer with great patience.
- oferta /oˈfɛʁtɐ/ A2special offer, deal · also: supply (econ.) · open [ɛ]Essa TV tá em oferta só até domingo.That TV is on sale only until Sunday.
- garantia /gaɾɐ̃ˈtʃiɐ/ B1warranty, guarantee · -ti-=[tʃi]; nasal [ɐ̃]Esse celular tem um ano de garantia de fábrica.This phone has a one-year factory warranty.
- troca /ˈtɾɔkɐ/ B1exchange (of goods), swap · fazer a troca = to exchange · open [ɔ] (≠ troco 'change')A loja faz a troca em até trinta dias com a nota.The store does exchanges within thirty days with the receipt.
- pechincha /peˈʃĩʃɐ/ B1bargain, great deal · BR staple; pechinchar = to haggle · ch=[ʃ]; nasal [ĩ]Paguei vinte reais nessa jaqueta, foi uma pechincha!I paid twenty reais for this jacket — it was a bargain!
FAQ
How many Brazilian Portuguese shopping in stores words are in this list?
10 words, including A2: 6, B1: 4. Every word has playable native audio and example sentences.
Are these words CEFR-graded?
Yes — every word carries its CEFR level (A1–C2), so you can start with the level you need.
What is the best way to memorise them?
Scene groups plus spaced repetition: listen, repeat, learn the word inside its example sentence, then review the next day. Bossa has SRS and four quiz types built in.