How to Say "Ketchup" in Portuguese

ketchup

/ˌkɛt͡ʃˈʃu.pi/masculine

The Portuguese word for ketchup is ketchup.

ketchup is a masculine noun referring to a sauce made from tomatoes and vinegar.

Meaning: tomato-vinegar based sauce (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

This is a masculine noun.

The word has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable. It is pronounced /ˌkɛtʃˈʃu.pi/.

In some regions of Brazil, ketchup is frequently mixed with mayonnaise to create a pink sauce known as maionese rosa.
In Brazil, it is very common to find ketchup served with traditional snacks like coxinha or pão de queijo despite them not being traditional pairings in other cultures.
While 'ketchup' refers to the tomato sauce, its distant linguistic relatives like the Hokkien 'kê-chiap' originally referred to fermented sauces that had nothing to do with tomatoes.

Onde você pôs o ketchup?
Where did you put the ketchup?
This sentence is useful for asking about the location of the ketchup.
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Eu esqueci de comprar ketchup.
I forgot to buy ketchup.
This sentence is useful for stating that you forgot to buy ketchup.
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Você tem ketchup em volta da boca.
You have ketchup around your mouth.
This sentence is useful for pointing out that someone has ketchup around their mouth.
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Eu gostaria de um pouco de ketchup, por favor.
I would like some ketchup, please.
Ei, tem mais ketchup?
Hey, is there more ketchup?
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Sources

Wiktionary, “ketchup” translations and entries ketchup, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries ketchup, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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