Portuguese · Real conversations
Housing: Portuguese conversation practice
Ask about rent and arrange a practical repair. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
B1 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A tenant speaking with a landlord or property manager.
Goal: Ask about rent and arrange a practical repair.
Read the conversation
Partner
O aluguel inclui algumas despesas da casa.
Show English translation
The rent covers some household costs.
You
A água está incluída no aluguel?
Show English translation
Is water included in the rent?
Partner
Sim, a água está incluída. Há um conserto no imóvel ao lado hoje.
Show English translation
Yes, water is included. There are repairs next door today.
You
Você poderia fazer um pouco menos de barulho?
Show English translation
Could you keep the noise down?
Partner
Vou pedir aos trabalhadores para fazerem menos barulho. Há outro problema?
Show English translation
I'll ask the workers to be quieter. Is there another problem?
You
O aquecimento não está funcionando.
Show English translation
The heating isn't working.
Partner
Desculpe. Vou providenciar alguém para verificar.
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I'm sorry. I'll arrange for someone to look at it.
You
Quando alguém pode vir consertar?
Show English translation
When can someone come to fix it?
Partner
Amanhã de manhã. Se planeja se mudar, avise com antecedência.
Show English translation
Tomorrow morning. If you plan to move out, let us know in advance.
You
Com quanto tempo de antecedência preciso avisar?
Show English translation
How much notice do I need to give?
Try your part first
Partner says: The rent covers some household costs. Your goal: Is water included in the rent?
Reveal a sample reply
A água está incluída no aluguel?
Is water included in the rent?
Partner says: Yes, water is included. There are repairs next door today. Your goal: Could you keep the noise down?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia fazer um pouco menos de barulho?
Could you keep the noise down?
Partner says: I'll ask the workers to be quieter. Is there another problem? Your goal: The heating isn't working.
Reveal a sample reply
O aquecimento não está funcionando.
The heating isn't working.
Partner says: I'm sorry. I'll arrange for someone to look at it. Your goal: When can someone come to fix it?
Reveal a sample reply
Quando alguém pode vir consertar?
When can someone come to fix it?
Partner says: Tomorrow morning. If you plan to move out, let us know in advance. Your goal: How much notice do I need to give?
Reveal a sample reply
Com quanto tempo de antecedência preciso avisar?
How much notice do I need to give?
Make it your own
- Report a different broken item.
- Arrange a different repair time.
- Ask what the notice period covers.
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.
