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Ask for more time naturally in Portuguese
A request for more time is easier to answer when it is specific. Ask briefly, propose a new deadline, or explain how much time is needed for a particular task.
Three ways to say it
Eu poderia ter um pouco mais de tempo?
Could I have a little more time?
Request a little more time when the exact extension is still being discussed.
Podemos mudar o prazo para segunda-feira?
Could we move the deadline to Monday?
Propose a concrete replacement deadline.
Preciso de mais um dia para conferir os detalhes.
I need another day to check the details.
Explain the amount of extra time and what it will allow you to check.
Avoid translating word by word
English 'move the deadline' means change the agreed completion date, not move a line on the ground. Use the target-language scheduling construction, including the preposition used with the new day.
See the difference in context
Being asked to finish immediately
Você pode terminar isso agora?
Can you finish this now?
Eu poderia ter um pouco mais de tempo?
Could I have a little more time?
Requesting a later report deadline
O relatório deve ser entregue na sexta-feira.
The report is due on Friday.
Podemos mudar o prazo para segunda-feira?
Could we move the deadline to Monday?
Your turn
Explain that you need another day to check the details. Give both the duration and the reason.
Reveal a sample reply
Preciso de mais um dia para conferir os detalhes.
I need another day to check the details.
This speaking goal in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
