How do you say Thank You in Portuguese?
Portuguese has two forms of “thank you”, and which one you use depends on who is speaking, not on who you are thanking. A man says obrigado; a woman says obrigada.
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Obrigado
oh-bree-GAH-doo
Said by a man.
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Obrigada
oh-bree-GAH-dah
Said by a woman.
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Muito obrigado / Muito obrigada
MOO-ee-too oh-bree-GAH-doo
Thank you very much — same rule for the ending.
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Valeu!
vah-LEH-oo
Brazil, casual: “thanks!”, “cheers!” — between friends.
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Agradeço
ah-grah-DEH-soo
“I am grateful” — a warmer, more formal thank-you.
1 translation in Portuguese
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These "How to use thank you in a sentence" are innacurate. Thank you is "obrigado". If you are a girl, you say "obrigada". that is because of the origins of the phrase, but people will understand you anyways if you are a woman and say "obrigado". Even Portuguese speakers say it wrong sometimes, in daily speak. Sometimes we say (and write in the internet) "brigado"/"brigada", that's just like thx, you don't write it down if you're being formal. Thank you very much = "muito obrigado" or "muito obrigada".
Human translation ana
Use it in a sentence
- Thank you very much for your help. (a man speaking)Muito obrigado pela sua ajuda.
- Thank you for everything. (a woman speaking)Obrigada por tudo.
- Thanks, see you tomorrow! (Brazil)Valeu, até amanhã!
- I want to thank you for coming.Quero agradecer por ter vindo.
Good to know
The ending follows the speaker because obrigado is really an adjective: it means “obliged”. A woman saying obrigado is the single most common mistake learners make with this word.
What you are thanking someone for takes por: obrigado pela ajuda (thanks for the help), obrigada por tudo (thanks for everything).
Brazil and Portugal say the same word differently: in Brazil the final -o sounds like “oo” and the d stays hard; in Portugal the vowels are shorter and more clipped.
How to reply to “thank you”
| You’re welcome | De nada deh NAH-dah |
| You’re welcome (Brazil, very common) | Por nada poor NAH-dah |
| Don’t mention it (formal) | Não há de quê nowng ah deh KEH |
| Oh, it was nothing (Brazil, casual) | Imagina ee-mah-ZHEE-nah |