At a Print Shop in Brazil: Print, Scan, and Copy Documents in Portuguese — Practice

Ask whether the shop can print or scan your file

A gráfica is a print shop; a papelaria is a stationery store, though a shop may offer both. Use imprimir for printing and digitalizar for scanning. Tell the staff whether the file is on your phone, in an email, or on a USB drive.

Choose color, paper, and page options

Preto e branco means black-and-white; colorido means color. Frente e verso means double-sided, and uma cópia means one copy. Ask the employee to confirm which pages will print before approving a long document.

Confirm the cost and collect the pages

Ask the price before sending a large job. If you need a document soon, check how long it will take and whether the shop can staple or bind the pages. Confira means check or verify.

Remember: Name the task, file source, and print settings so the shop can confirm the job and its price.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. Can you print a file from my phone?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Vocês conseguem imprimir um arquivo do meu celular?

2. I need to scan this page and send it by email.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Preciso digitalizar esta página e enviar por e-mail.

3. Can you print it in black-and-white, double-sided?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Pode imprimir em preto e branco, frente e verso?

4. That’s three copies, only of pages two and three.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   São três cópias, só das páginas dois e três.

5. How much will it cost to print these ten pages?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Quanto fica para imprimir essas dez páginas?

6. Could you check whether all the pages printed?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você pode conferir se todas as páginas saíram?

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Name the task, file source, and print settings so the shop can confirm the job and its price.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our At a Print Shop in Brazil: Print, Scan, and Copy Documents in Portuguese lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

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