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Portuguese and Zulu 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 Zulu 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.
Portuguese follows subject-verb-object (SVO) order while Zulu follows verb-subject-object (VSO). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Splitting long sentences improves accuracy.
Portuguese: Approximately 280 million speakers worldwide, with about 230 million in Brazil and 10 million in Portugal. Zulu: Approximately 13 million speakers, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in South Africa.
Everyday phrases translated from Portuguese to Zulu — useful for travel, conversation and learning.
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Olá | Sawubona |
| Bom dia | Sawubona |
| Boa tarde | Sawubona |
| Boa noite | Sawubona |
| Boa noite | Ulale kahle |
| Adeus | Usale kahle |
| Até mais | Sobonana kamuva |
| Até amanhã | Sobonana kusasa |
| Bem vindo | Siyakwamukela |
| Como você está? | Unjani? |
| Estou bem, obrigado | Ngiyaphila, ngiyabonga |
| Tenha um bom dia | Ube nosuku oluhle |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Por favor | Ngiyacela |
| Obrigado | Ngiyabonga |
| Muito obrigado | Ngiyabonga kakhulu |
| De nada | Wamukelekile |
| Sim | Yebo |
| Não | Cha |
| Com licença | Uxolo |
| Me desculpe | Ngiyaxolisa |
| Sem problemas | Akunankinga |
| Claro | Yebo kunjalo |
| Parabéns | Siyakuhalalisela |
| Boa sorte | Inhlanhla |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Qual é o seu nome? | Ungubani igama lakho? |
| Prazer em conhecê-lo | Ngiyajabula ukukwazi |
| De onde você é? | Uvelaphi? |
| Quantos anos você tem? | Uneminyaka emingaka? |
| Eu sou um estudante | Ngingumfundi |
| Estou aqui de férias | Ngilapha ngeholide |
| Estou aqui para trabalhar | Ngilapha ngomsebenzi |
| Este é meu amigo | Umngane wami lo |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Um | Eyodwa |
| Dois | Okubili |
| Três | Ezintathu |
| Quatro | Ezine |
| Cinco | Ezinhlanu |
| Seis | Eziyisithupha |
| Sete | Eziyisikhombisa |
| Oito | Isishiyagalombili |
| Nove | Ayisishiyagalolunye |
| Dez | Ishumi |
| Cem | Ikhulu |
| Mil | Inkulungwane eyodwa |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Hoje | Namuhla |
| Amanhã | Kusasa |
| Ontem | Izolo |
| Agora | Manje |
| Mais tarde | Kamuva |
| Que horas são? | Isikhathi sini? |
| De manhã | Ekuseni |
| À noite | Kusihlwa |
| Segunda-feira | UMsombuluko |
| Sexta-feira | NgoLwesihlanu |
| Semana que vem | Ngesonto elizayo |
| Uma hora | Ihora elilodwa |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Onde fica o banheiro? | Ikuphi indlu yokugezela? |
| Onde fica a estação de trem? | Sikuphi isiteshi sesitimela? |
| Onde fica o aeroporto? | Sikuphi isikhumulo sezindiza? |
| Como faço para chegar lá? | Ngifika kanjani lapho? |
| Vire à esquerda | Jikela kwesokunxele |
| Vire à direita | Jikela kwesokudla |
| Vá em frente | Hamba uqonde phambili |
| Está perto | Iseduze |
| Está longe | Kukude |
| Estou perdido | Ngilahlekile |
| Eu preciso de um táxi | Ngidinga itekisi |
| Onde posso comprar um ingresso? | Ngingalithenga kuphi ithikithi? |
| Quanto custa o bilhete? | Malini ithikithi? |
| É seguro caminhar? | Ingabe kuphephile ukuhamba? |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Estou com fome | Ngilambile |
| Estou com sede | Ngomile |
| Água, por favor | Ngicela, amanzi |
| Uma mesa para dois, por favor | Ngicela, itafula lababili |
| O cardápio, por favor | Ngicela, imenyu |
| O que você recomenda? | Yini oyincomayo? |
| Eu gostaria disso | Ngingathanda lokhu |
| É delicioso | Kumnandi |
| A conta, por favor | Ngicela, ibhili |
| Eu não como carne | Angiyidli inyama |
| Eu tenho uma alergia alimentar | Nginokungezwani nokudla |
| Café | Ikhofi |
| Chá | Itiye |
| Pão | Isinkwa |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Quanto custa isso? | Kubiza malini lokhu? |
| É muito caro | Kubiza kakhulu |
| Você aceita cartões de crédito? | Uyawamukela amakhadi esikweletu? |
| Estou apenas olhando | Ngibheka nje |
| Eu vou pegar | Ngizoyithatha |
| Abrir | Vula |
| Fechado | Kuvaliwe |
| Entrada | Ukungena |
| Sair | Phuma |
| Onde está o mercado? | Ikuphi imakethe? |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Ajuda | Usizo |
| Chame um médico | Shayela udokotela |
| Chame a polícia | Shayela amaphoyisa |
| Eu preciso de ajuda | Ngidinga usizo |
| Estou doente | Ngiyagula |
| Onde fica o hospital? | Sikuphi isibhedlela? |
| Onde fica a farmácia? | Likuphi ikhemisi? |
| Dói aqui | Kubuhlungu lapha |
| Eu preciso de um médico | Ngidinga udokotela |
| Existe um hospital próximo? | Ingabe sikhona isibhedlela eduze? |
| Portuguese | Zulu |
|---|---|
| Você fala inglês? | Ingabe uyasikhuluma isingisi? |
| Eu não entendo | Angiqondi |
| Eu entendo | Ngiyaqonda |
| Por favor fale devagar | Ngicela ukhulume kancane |
| Por favor repita isso | Sicela uphinde lokho |
| Por favor, escreva | Ngicela uyibhale phansi |
| O que isso significa? | Kusho ukuthini lokhu? |
| Como você diz isso? | Ukusho kanjani lokhu? |
| Estou aprendendo | Ngiyafunda |
| Eu falo um pouco | Ngikhuluma kancane |
| Você pode me ajudar? | Ungangisiza? |
| Não sei | Angazi |
Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.
Primarily spoken in South Africa, especially in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is also spoken in parts of Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, and Mozambique.
Uses the Latin alphabet with additional letters: c, q, x, and click sounds (c, x, and q are used to represent these click sounds).
Features a unique set of click sounds, including the lateral click (x), alveolar click (c), and palatal click (q).
Verb-subject-object (VSO) order is typical, with a highly agglutinative structure, using prefixes and suffixes to modify verbs and nouns for tense, aspect, mood, and person.
Includes many words from Afrikaans and English due to colonial and modern influences.
Part of the Nguni subgroup of the Bantu languages, which also includes Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
Currently uses the Latin script. Historically, also used the Zulu script, which was a variant of the Mandombe script.
Adopted the Latin script during the 19th century with the work of missionaries who developed a written form of the language.
Approximately 13 million speakers, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in South Africa.
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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