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What does 'Vai reto' tell you to do?

Go straight

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  1. Go straight ✔
  2. Take a taxi
  3. Turn around

Why: Reto means straight, so vai reto is go straight. Vira means turn. In Portugal people usually say siga em frente.

Huh, didn't know that: The FSI course lists reto after vira (turn) in directions words.

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Answer: Go straight. Reto means straight, so vai reto is go straight. Vira means turn. In Portugal people usually say siga em frente.

  1. FSI Brazilian Portuguese FAST, Volume 1 (Foreign Service Institute) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Portuguese/FAST/Volume%201/FSI%20-%20Portuguese%20FAST%20-%20Volume%201.pdf
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    Checked 2026-10-11.

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