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Accessibility needs: useful Portuguese phrases
Explain a practical access or communication need.
Start with the essentials
Start with the essential words and expressions below. Next, learn the five specific phrases in the reference table. Finally, read both sides of the exchange and try the linked rehearsal before revealing its sample replies. This collection connects to the broader vocabulary topic.
- Can you help me?
Você pode me ajudar?
Can you help me?
- Entrance
a entrada
Entrance
- Chair
a cadeira
Chair
- One moment, please
um momento, por favor
One moment, please
Make the conversation more specific
| What you want to say | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Can you help me? | Você pode me ajudar? Can you help me? |
| Entrance | a entrada Entrance |
| Chair | a cadeira Chair |
| One moment, please | um momento, por favor One moment, please |
| I need a step-free entrance. | Preciso de uma entrada sem degraus. Show English translationI need a step-free entrance. |
| Could you speak a little louder? | Você poderia falar um pouco mais alto? Show English translationCould you speak a little louder? |
| I need to sit down. | Preciso me sentar. Show English translationI need to sit down. |
| Is there somewhere quiet? | Tem algum lugar tranquilo? Show English translationIs there somewhere quiet? |
| Could someone come with me? | Alguém poderia vir comigo? Show English translationCould someone come with me? |
Read the other side of the exchange
Partner
Bem-vindo / bem-vinda. A entrada principal tem degraus.
Welcome. The main entrance has steps.
You
Preciso de uma entrada sem degraus.
I need a step-free entrance.
Partner
Há outra entrada à esquerda. Você consegue me ouvir bem?
There's another entrance on the left. Can you hear me clearly?
You
Você poderia falar um pouco mais alto?
Could you speak a little louder?
Accessibility needs 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.
