Learn some key European Portuguese phrases that will get you the medical treatment that you need
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Considering the fact that nowadays allergies are more common than ever, we decided to teach you how to explain if you have an allergy. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| In Portuguese, “I’m allergic to this product” is: |
| Sou alérgico a este produto. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Sou a-lér-gi-co a es-te pro-du-to. |
| Once more: |
| Sou alérgico a este produto. |
| The first word Sou is a form of the verb that means “to be”. |
| (slow) Sou. |
| Sou. |
| The second word alérgico means “allergic”. |
| (slow) A-lér-gico. |
| alérgico. |
| Next we have a which means “at” or “to” - in this situation, it means “to”. |
| The words este produto translate as “this product”. |
| (slow) este produto |
| este produto |
| Let’s hear the expression again: |
| Sou alérgico a este produto. |
| You can point to the product at the same time. |
| In a case of gluten allergy the phrase will sounds like this: |
| Sou alérgico a glúten. |
| “I’m allergic to gluten.” |
| In this sentence you definitely were able to guess the meaning of the word glúten. That is “gluten”. |
| (slow) glúten |
| glúten |
| Let’s hear that again: |
| (slow) Sou a-ler-gi-co a glú-ten. |
| Sou alérgico a glúten. |
| ・ |
| In Portugal, we eat a lot of seafood. So if you’re allergic to it, remember the next sentence. |
| Let’s try to say the word for seafood now. In Portuguese “seafood” is mariscos. |
| (slow) ma-ris-cos |
| mariscos |
| “I’m allergic to seafood” is Sou alérgico a mariscos. |
| Let’s hear it one more time slowly: |
| (slow)Sou a-lér-gi-co a ma-ris-cos. |
| Sou alérgico a mariscos. |
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