Vais para Lisboa?
Are you going to Lisbon?
Language note: In speech, the question is often just intonation: “Vais para Lisboa?”
Culture note: In Portugal, people may answer with a short “Vou” or “Sim, vou” without repeating the whole sentence.
Context: They ask the full question to confirm your plans.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Vais
[vyeesh]
you go / are you going
2nd person singular of "ir" (to go), used in a question to ask someone’s plan.
Vais para Lisboa de elétrico ou de comboio?
Are you going to Lisbon by tram or by train?
para
[PAH-rah]
to / toward
Preposition marking destination; very common in travel questions.
Vais para a estação agora?
Are you going to the station now?
Lisboa
[leez-BOH-ah]
Lisbon
Place name used after "para" to indicate destination.
Vais para Lisboa hoje?
Are you going to Lisbon today?
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