buscar-me

pick me up

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phrase Rare #35,968

pick me up Commonly means to go or come get someone, especially by car or at a place such as a station. The pronoun -me means “me” and is attached to the infinitive in this form, which is especially common in European Portuguese.

PO: Podes buscar-me no aeroporto às oito?

EN: Can you pick me up at the airport at eight?

Venha buscar-me eu não tenho dinheiro para ir para casa.

Come pick me up, I don't have money to go home.

— PK (2014)

O Henry foi buscar-me e estava tonta.

Henry came to pick me up and I was dizzy.

— Os Bons Companheiros (1990)

Não é preciso vir buscar-me.

There's no need to come and get me.

— Amor à Flor da Pele (2000)

Ele veio buscar-me!

He came to get me!

— Férias de Amor (1955)

Meu irmão deveria ter ido buscar-me à estação, mas não o encontrei.

My brother was supposed to pick me up at the station, but I couldn't find him.