Portuguese · Real conversations
Ask for a progress update naturally in Portuguese
An update request can be conversational, tied to a specific delivery, or considerate of a colleague's time. Name the subject so the person knows what information is needed.
Three ways to say it
Como está indo o projeto?
How is the project going?
Ask about progress in a routine colleague conversation.
Você tem alguma novidade sobre a entrega?
Do you have an update on the delivery?
Request new information about a specific delivery.
Quando tiver um momento, você poderia me dizer como está o andamento?
When you have a moment, could you let me know where things stand?
Ask for the current status while acknowledging the person's availability.
Avoid translating word by word
English 'where things stand' asks about the current state of progress, not where objects are physically standing. Use the complete expression for status or progress shown in the target language.
See the difference in context
Discussing a colleague's project
Estou trabalhando no novo projeto.
I've been working on the new project.
Como está indo o projeto?
How is the project going?
Following up about a delivery
Você me perguntou sobre a entrega ontem.
You asked me about the delivery yesterday.
Você tem alguma novidade sobre a entrega?
Do you have an update on the delivery?
Your turn
Ask a colleague for the current status when they have a moment. State the timing condition and the information you need.
Reveal a sample reply
Quando tiver um momento, você poderia me dizer como está o andamento?
When you have a moment, could you let me know where things stand?
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.
