At a Clothing Store in Brazil: Ask About Sizes, Colors, and the Fitting Room
These practical clothing-store phrases help you find the right size, try it on, and ask about another color without switching to English.
Real Life Portuguese · 5 min read · Updated October 15, 2026
The short answer
Brazilian stores use tamanho for size and provador for fitting room. To ask whether something is available, use tem in a relaxed conversation or você tem for a slightly more complete question. Clothing sizes may be labeled by letters or numbers, so naming the item and size avoids ambiguity.
Ask for an item and its size
Você tem essa camisa no tamanho M?
Do you have this shirt in a size M?
Onde fica o provador?
Where is the fitting room?
Check a color or try the clothes on
Use em outra cor to ask for another color. For clothing, experimentar means to try something on; experimentar essa calça is more natural than translating “test these pants” word for word. You can ask permission before taking several items to the fitting room.
Tem essa calça em outra cor?
Do you have these pants in another color?
Posso experimentar estas duas peças?
Can I try on these two items?
Say how it fits and choose your next step
A roupa ficou boa means the item fits or looks good. Ficou apertada means it turned out tight; ficou larga means it is loose. In everyday speech, Brazilians often use demonstratives such as essa even when the item is physically near the speaker.
Ficou um pouco apertada. Você tem um tamanho maior?
It is a little tight. Do you have a larger size?
Gostei, mas vou dar mais uma olhada.
I like it, but I’m going to look around a little more.
Put it into practice
Use tamanho, provador, and experimentar to handle the main steps of trying on clothes in Brazil.
Quick practice
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