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Portuguese and Swahili are both written in Latin, so the translated output uses characters you already recognise. You can usually read the result aloud without transliteration, though spelling conventions and accented characters still differ.
Portuguese belongs to the Indo-European family while Swahili belongs to the Niger-Congo family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones.
Both languages follow subject-verb-object (SVO) order, so clauses usually keep their shape during translation. Words tend to land in a similar position, which makes it easier to check a translation against the original even without fluency.
Portuguese: Approximately 280 million speakers worldwide, with about 230 million in Brazil and 10 million in Portugal. Swahili: Approximately 100 million speakers, making it a widely spoken language in East Africa and a lingua franca for the region.
Everyday phrases translated from Portuguese to Swahili — useful for travel, conversation and learning.
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Olá | Habari |
| Bom dia | Habari za asubuhi |
| Boa tarde | Habari za mchana |
| Boa noite | Habari za jioni |
| Boa noite | Usiku mwema |
| Adeus | Kwaheri |
| Até mais | Tuonane baadaye |
| Até amanhã | Tuonane kesho |
| Bem vindo | Karibu |
| Como você está? | Habari yako? |
| Estou bem, obrigado | Sijambo, asante |
| Tenha um bom dia | Uwe na siku njema |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Por favor | Tafadhali |
| Obrigado | Asante |
| Muito obrigado | Asante sana |
| De nada | Mnakaribishwa |
| Sim | Ndiyo |
| Não | Hapana |
| Com licença | Samahani |
| Me desculpe | Samahani |
| Sem problemas | Hakuna tatizo |
| Claro | Bila shaka |
| Parabéns | Hongera sana |
| Boa sorte | Bahati nzuri |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Qual é o seu nome? | Jina lako ni nani? |
| Prazer em conhecê-lo | Nimefurahi kukutana nawe |
| De onde você é? | Unatoka wapi? |
| Quantos anos você tem? | Una umri gani? |
| Eu sou um estudante | Mimi ni mwanafunzi |
| Estou aqui de férias | Niko hapa likizo |
| Estou aqui para trabalhar | Niko hapa kwa kazi |
| Este é meu amigo | Huyu ni rafiki yangu |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Um | Moja |
| Dois | Mbili |
| Três | Tatu |
| Quatro | Nne |
| Cinco | Tano |
| Seis | Sita |
| Sete | Saba |
| Oito | Nane |
| Nove | Tisa |
| Dez | Kumi |
| Cem | Mia moja |
| Mil | Elfu moja |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Hoje | Leo |
| Amanhã | Kesho |
| Ontem | Jana |
| Agora | Sasa |
| Mais tarde | Baadaye |
| Que horas são? | Ni saa ngapi? |
| De manhã | Asubuhi |
| À noite | Wakati wa jioni |
| Segunda-feira | Jumatatu |
| Sexta-feira | Ijumaa |
| Semana que vem | Wiki ijayo |
| Uma hora | Saa moja |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Onde fica o banheiro? | Bafuni iko wapi? |
| Onde fica a estação de trem? | Kituo cha gari moshi kiko wapi? |
| Onde fica o aeroporto? | Uwanja wa ndege uko wapi? |
| Como faço para chegar lá? | Nitafikaje huko? |
| Vire à esquerda | Pinduka kushoto |
| Vire à direita | Geuka kulia |
| Vá em frente | Nenda mbele moja kwa moja |
| Está perto | Iko karibu |
| Está longe | Ni mbali |
| Estou perdido | Nimepotea |
| Eu preciso de um táxi | Nahitaji teksi |
| Onde posso comprar um ingresso? | Je, ninaweza kununua tikiti wapi? |
| Quanto custa o bilhete? | Tikiti ni shilingi ngapi? |
| É seguro caminhar? | Je, ni salama kutembea? |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Estou com fome | Nina njaa |
| Estou com sede | Nina kiu |
| Água, por favor | Maji, tafadhali |
| Uma mesa para dois, por favor | Jedwali la watu wawili, tafadhali |
| O cardápio, por favor | Menyu, tafadhali |
| O que você recomenda? | Je, unapendekeza nini? |
| Eu gostaria disso | Ningependa hii |
| É delicioso | Ni ladha |
| A conta, por favor | Mswada, tafadhali |
| Eu não como carne | Sili nyama |
| Eu tenho uma alergia alimentar | Nina mzio wa chakula |
| Café | Kahawa |
| Chá | Chai |
| Pão | Mkate |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Quanto custa isso? | Hii inagharimu kiasi gani? |
| É muito caro | Ni ghali sana |
| Você aceita cartões de crédito? | Je, unakubali kadi za mkopo? |
| Estou apenas olhando | Natafuta tu |
| Eu vou pegar | Nitaichukua |
| Abrir | Fungua |
| Fechado | Imefungwa |
| Entrada | Kiingilio |
| Sair | Toka |
| Onde está o mercado? | Soko liko wapi? |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Ajuda | Msaada |
| Chame um médico | Piga daktari |
| Chame a polícia | Piga polisi |
| Eu preciso de ajuda | Nahitaji msaada |
| Estou doente | Mimi ni mgonjwa |
| Onde fica o hospital? | Hospitali iko wapi? |
| Onde fica a farmácia? | Duka la dawa liko wapi? |
| Dói aqui | Inauma hapa |
| Eu preciso de um médico | Nahitaji daktari |
| Existe um hospital próximo? | Je, kuna hospitali karibu? |
| Portuguese | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Você fala inglês? | Je, unazungumza Kiingereza? |
| Eu não entendo | Sielewi |
| Eu entendo | Ninaelewa |
| Por favor fale devagar | Tafadhali ongea polepole |
| Por favor repita isso | Tafadhali rudia hilo |
| Por favor, escreva | Tafadhali iandike |
| O que isso significa? | Hii ina maana gani? |
| Como você diz isso? | Unasemaje hili? |
| Estou aprendendo | Ninajifunza |
| Eu falo um pouco | Naongea kidogo |
| Você pode me ajudar? | Unaweza kunisaidia? |
| Não sei | Sijui |
Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.
Spoken in several countries in East Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique, as well as in the African Great Lakes region.
Uses the Latin alphabet, with additional letters CH (ch as in 'church'), DH (dh as in 'this'), GH (gh as in 'giant'), KH (kh as in 'khan'), NG' (ng as in 'sing'), NY (ny as in 'canyon'), SH (sh as in 'shoe'), TH (th as in 'thin'), UU (uu as in 'boot'), and vowels with diacritical marks (É as in 'é', Ó as in 'ó').
Features a distinctive set of sounds, including the 'dh' sound (like 'th' in 'this') and the 'kh' sound (like 'ch' in 'loch').
Subject-verb-object (SVO) order predominates. Features complex verb conjugation and an extensive noun class system.
Includes words from Arabic, Portuguese, English, and other languages due to historical and modern influences.
Part of the Bantu language family, under the Niger-Congo language group.
Currently uses the Latin script. Historically, also used the Arabic script.
Transitioned from Arabic to Latin script during the colonial period.
Approximately 100 million speakers, making it a widely spoken language in East Africa and a lingua franca for the region.
Official language in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, and Macau.
Uses Latin alphabet with 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Features nasal vowels, distinctive nasal diphthongs, and complex vowel reduction patterns in unstressed syllables.
Subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Two-gender system (masculine/feminine), complex verbal system with subjunctive mood extensively used.
Contains loanwords from Arabic, indigenous languages of Brazil and Africa, French, English, and various contact languages.
Part of the Indo-European family, specifically the West Ibero-Romance branch, closely related to Spanish and Galician.
Uses Latin script with diacritical marks (acute, circumflex, tilde, cedilla).
Evolved from Latin during medieval period, orthography standardized differently in Portugal and Brazil with 1990 agreement attempting unification.
Approximately 280 million speakers worldwide, with about 230 million in Brazil and 10 million in Portugal.
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