Portuguese Phrase
Você pode comprar ingressos online.
Meaning
Literally, ‘You can buy tickets online.’ The sentence states that the listener has the ability or permission to purchase tickets through an internet platform.
When to use
Use this phrase when you’re talking about events, concerts, movies, flights, or any situation where tickets are sold through a website or app. It works both in casual conversation and in more formal customer‑service contexts.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Vocêpodecompraringressosonline
Você (pronoun)
Second‑person singular pronoun used in Brazil; it is the polite form for ‘you’.
pode (modal verb)
Present indicative of poder, used to express ability or permission: ‘can’.
comprar (infinitive)
Verb in its infinitive form that follows a modal verb; means ‘to buy’.
ingressos (noun, plural)
Plural of ingresso, meaning ‘ticket(s)’; agreement with the verb is not required because it follows an infinitive.
online (adverb)
Borrowed English adverb meaning ‘on the internet’; commonly used in Brazilian Portuguese without modification.
🗨In Conversation
Você pode comprar ingressos online?
Can you buy tickets online?
Sim, basta acessar o site da casa de shows.
Yes, just go to the venue’s website.
✕Common Mistakes
Você pode comprar ingresso online.
‘Ingressos’ must be plural because you’re usually buying more than one ticket.
Você podes comprar ingressos online.
Do not conjugate ‘poder’ as ‘podes’; the correct form for ‘você’ is ‘pode’.
Você pode comprar ingressos on‑line.
The hyphenated form is uncommon in Brazilian Portuguese; use ‘online’ as a single word.
↔Alternatives
É possível adquirir ingressos pela internet.
It is possible to acquire tickets via the internet.
Você consegue comprar ingressos na web.
You can get tickets on the web.
Pode comprar ingressos online.
You may buy tickets online.
Cultural Tip
In Brazil, most major events sell tickets through platforms like Sympla, Eventbrite, or the venue’s own site. The word ‘online’ is widely accepted, but in more formal writing you might see ‘pela internet’ or ‘na web’. When speaking to older generations, you may prefer the latter to avoid the Anglicism.