We think that there is a need to share some typical words from the Portuguese language, especially for the Lisbon area (yes, sometimes expressions can change from a place to another!).
Once staying in Lisbon, you can not have the possibility to use any other words except for the following, if you want to talk about these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tascas <\/strong>– this word refers to specific tiny restaurants, typically portuguese, often family run restaurants. Most of the time, tablecloths are made of paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Imperial\/ Caneca <\/strong> Bica <\/strong> Galao <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a popular Portuguese coffee drink, similar to a latte, consisting of espresso and steamed milk, served in a tall glass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bifana <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a traditional Portuguese sandwich made with thin slices of pork that are marinated and simmered in a sauce of white wine, garlic, and paprika and served on soft rolls with plenty of mustard and piri-piri sauce. Saudade :<\/strong> It\u2019s more than just missing someone; it\u2019s a profound yearning for a person, place, or time that may never return. We think that there is a need to share some typical words from the Portuguese language, especially for the Lisbon area (yes, sometimes expressions can change from a place to another!). Once staying in Lisbon, you can not have the possibility to use any other words except for the following, if you want to talk…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisbonne-explorer-en"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia-300x201.png",300,201,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false],"rt_custom":["https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Saudade-website-Gaia.png",886,594,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"adminYouth","author_link":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/?author=1"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Discovering the city<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"We think that there is a need to share some typical words from the Portuguese language, especially for the Lisbon area (yes, sometimes expressions can change from a place to another!). Once staying in Lisbon, you can not have the possibility to use any other words except for the following, if you want to talk...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthfulproject.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
There are specific Portuguese foods and the menu is affixed on the tiled walls or even the windows. Each tasca offers specific dishes on each day of the week, particularly at lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This is a way to ask for beer!
If you want a 20 cl glass of beer, you can ask for a \u201cImperial\u201d, if you prefer a 40 cl you can ask for a Caneca <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>It\u2019s an espresso. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can also be grilled, especially during the \u201cSantos Populares\u201d in June, where you can find lots of people selling bifanas in every corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a unique word in the Portuguese language. Saudade Describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that is absent, often with a melancholic or bittersweet tone. It carries a sense of incompleteness, as if a part of you is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike simple sadness, saudade<\/em> has a poetic, almost sweet pain to it\u2014a recognition of love or joy that once was.
While English has words like “longing,” “nostalgia,” or “yearning,” none fully capture saudade<\/em>\u2019s mix of sorrow, love, and beauty. It\u2019s a word that embodies an entire emotional universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"