Portuguese Phrase
Que sobremesas você tem?
Meaning
Literally, ‘What desserts do you have?’. The speaker is asking a waiter, baker, or friend to list the sweet dishes that are available at the moment. It’s a polite, neutral‑tone question that can be used in cafés, restaurants, or at a home gathering.
When to use
Use this sentence when you are looking at a menu or a dessert display and want to know the options before ordering. It works both in casual settings (with friends) and in more formal contexts (with a server), as long as you keep the tone friendly.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Quesobremesasvocêtem?
Que (interrogative)
‘Que’ is used to ask ‘what’ about a noun; it precedes the noun it modifies.
Sobremesas (plural noun)
‘Sobremesa’ means ‘dessert’; the plural adds –s, so ‘sobremesas’ refers to multiple desserts.
Você (subject pronoun)
‘Você’ is the informal second‑person singular pronoun in Brazilian Portuguese; it triggers third‑person verb conjugation.
Ter – tem (present 3rd person singular)
The verb ‘ter’ (to have) conjugates as ‘tem’ for ‘ele/ela/você’; it agrees with the singular subject ‘você’ even though the object is plural.
🗨In Conversation
Que sobremesas você tem?
What desserts do you have?
Temos pudim de leite, mousse de maracujá e brigadeiro.
We have milk pudding, passion‑fruit mousse, and brigadeiro.
✕Common Mistakes
Que sobremesas tem?
Missing the subject pronoun ‘você’; in Brazilian Portuguese the verb must still agree with a subject, even if it’s implied.
Qual sobremesas você tem?
‘Qual’ is singular and should be used with a singular noun (e.g., ‘Qual sobremesa…’). Use ‘Quais’ for plural.
Que sobremesas vocês tem?
When using the plural pronoun ‘vocês’, the verb must be conjugated to ‘têm’ (with a tilde).
↔Alternatives
Quais sobremesas vocês oferecem?
Which desserts do you offer?
O que há de sobremesa?
What desserts are there?
Tem alguma sobremesa especial hoje?
Do you have any special dessert today?
Cultural Tip
In Brazil, desserts are often served after a coffee and can range from simple fruit to rich sweets like brigadeiro or quindim. When speaking to a server in a more formal restaurant, you might replace ‘você’ with ‘o senhor’/‘a senhora’ (e.g., ‘Que sobremesas o senhor tem?’). Also, pointing to the menu while asking the question is perfectly acceptable and shows you’re engaged with the options.