Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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I didn't understand.
Não entendi.
Could you speak a little slower, please?
Você pode falar um pouco mais devagar, por favor?
Could you repeat that, please?
Você pode repetir, por favor?
Did you understand me?
Você me entendeu?
Am I saying this right?
Estou falando certo?
Am I pronouncing this right?
Estou pronunciando certo?
What's the right way to say it? ('Jeito' — way/manner — a very Brazilian word.)
Qual é o jeito certo de dizer?
I forgot.
Esqueci.
Is there another word for that? ('Tem' (literally 'has') is used as 'there is' in spoken Portuguese.)
Tem outra palavra para isso?
Is that the same as this? ('Coisa' = thing — literally 'the same thing as'.)
Isso é a mesma coisa que isto?
How do you say…? ('Se diz' — literally 'one says itself' — the impersonal 'how is it said'.)
Como se diz…?
What does this mean?
O que isso significa?
What's this called? (Literally 'how does this call itself?')
Como se chama isso?
Really? Is that right?
Sério? Está certo?
Why? Why is it like this? ('Por quê?' at the end of a sentence gets an accent; 'por que' in the middle doesn't.)
Por quê? Por que é assim?
Can you repeat that for me? ('Pra' is the spoken contraction of 'para'.)
Você pode repetir isso pra mim?
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