Formal vs Informal Register

The same idea can be said five different ways in Portuguese, each landing in a different register. "Manda aí", "me manda?", "você pode me mandar?", "poderia me enviar?", "o senhor poderia me enviar?" — all "send me that", but in five social distances.

The register ladder for "can you send me…?"

Phrase	Register	Where you'd use it
Manda aí.	very informal	friend group
Me manda?	informal	colleague you know well
Você pode me mandar?	neutral	most workplace contexts
Você poderia me enviar?	polite	client, supervisor
O(A) senhor(a) poderia me enviar?	formal	first contact, senior person

Switch from informal to formal

Vocab map: the same meaning in two registers

Informal	Formal
Manda	Envie / encaminhe
Aí, ó	Conforme exposto
Tá bom	Está adequado
Beleza	Compreendido / De acordo
Resolver	Solucionar / providenciar
Falar com	Entrar em contato com
Falar de	Tratar de / abordar
Pedir	Solicitar
Falar pra	Comunicar a
Ver	Verificar / analisar

Cloze — formalize the sentence

Choose the right register for the audience

Translate — same meaning, two registers

Translate each idea twice: once for a friend, once for a client.