Portuguese · Real conversations
Calls and messages: Portuguese conversation practice
Handle a short call and confirm a message. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A person handling a call with a weak connection.
Goal: Handle a short call and confirm a message.
Read the conversation
Partner
Alô, você está aí?
Show English translation
Hello, are you there?
You
Você está me ouvindo?
Show English translation
Can you hear me?
Partner
Consigo ouvir você, mas o som não está claro.
Show English translation
I can hear you, but the sound isn't clear.
You
A ligação está cortando.
Show English translation
The connection is breaking up.
Partner
Sim. Preciso falar com a Anna sobre a reunião de amanhã.
Show English translation
Yes. I need to talk to Anna about tomorrow's meeting.
You
Você poderia deixar uma mensagem?
Show English translation
Could you leave a message?
Partner
Diga à Anna que liguei. Pode me avisar quando ela estiver livre?
Show English translation
Please tell Anna I called. Could you let me know when she's free?
You
Eu te ligo de volta.
Show English translation
I'll call you back.
Partner
Obrigado / obrigada. Vi uma notificação de uma mensagem sua mais cedo.
Show English translation
Thanks. I saw an alert for a message from you earlier.
You
Você recebeu minha mensagem?
Show English translation
Did you get my message?
Try your part first
Partner says: Hello, are you there? Your goal: Can you hear me?
Reveal a sample reply
Você está me ouvindo?
Can you hear me?
Partner says: I can hear you, but the sound isn't clear. Your goal: The connection is breaking up.
Reveal a sample reply
A ligação está cortando.
The connection is breaking up.
Partner says: Yes. I need to talk to Anna about tomorrow's meeting. Your goal: Could you leave a message?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia deixar uma mensagem?
Could you leave a message?
Partner says: Please tell Anna I called. Could you let me know when she's free? Your goal: I'll call you back.
Reveal a sample reply
Eu te ligo de volta.
I'll call you back.
Partner says: Thanks. I saw an alert for a message from you earlier. Your goal: Did you get my message?
Reveal a sample reply
Você recebeu minha mensagem?
Did you get my message?
Make it your own
- Use a different callback time.
- Leave a message for someone else.
- Switch to a written message.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal 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.
