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tasca
🇵🇹 Portuguese slang from Portugal
What does “tasca” mean?
cheap traditional tavern
Example
“Comemos numa tasca em Alfama.”
We ate at a little tavern in Alfama.
Good to know
Simple, cheap eatery with homestyle food and wine.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: restaurante
Heard in a conversation
Sardines at the Santo António party
Sofia Bora! Mas fogo, está bué de gente. Vamos estar à rasca para arranjar mesa.
Let's go! But jeez, there are loads of people. We'll be in a fix finding a table.
João Na boa, eu desenrasco. Conheço o gajo da tasca da esquina.
No problem, I'll sort something out. I know the guy at the tavern on the corner.
Sofia És brutal, pá! Então pede duas sardinhas no pão e uma imperial para mim.
You're amazing, man! Then order two sardines on bread and a small draft beer for me.
🍷 How other countries say “a cheap local bar”
More from Portugal
- finosmall draft beer
- imperialsmall draft beer
- jolaa beer
- petiscossmall plates to share
- bifanapork steak sandwich
- uma bicaan espresso (Lisbon)
- um galãomilky coffee in a tall glass
- pregosteak sandwich (often the end of a meal)
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