How to Say "Where Are You From?" in Portuguese

de onde você é?

/d͡ʒi ˈõ.d͡ʒi voˈse ˈɛ/word by word

The Portuguese phrase for "where are you from?" is de onde você é?

Is it said differently in some regions?

Using você is the standard way to say "you" in most of Brazil, whereas tu might be used in certain regions or more informal settings.

In Portuguese, the preposition de (from) must be placed at the beginning of the question to indicate the origin.

/dʒi ˈõ.dʒi voˈse ˈɛ/ (5 syllables, stress on the 2nd syllable)

A natural response to this question uses the verb ser (to be) in the first person: Eu sou de… followed by your city or country.

The word você actually started as a highly formal way to address someone, meaning 'your mercy'.
In some Brazilian dialects, people use tu but conjugate it with the third person singular verb form, which is technically grammatically incorrect.
When answering de onde você é?, the verb ser is used because it refers to a permanent characteristic of identity.

Rodrigo and Beatriz meet at a social party.

Sources

IPA marked “word by word” joins the Wiktionary pronunciations of each word (de, onde, você, é) and can differ in connected speech.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, onde, você, é, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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