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The car failed the inspection: what to fix: what to say in Portuguese
The car has failed the inspection, and the inspector explains what to fix.
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How it's done. People say o carro chumbou na inspeção - "the car failed the inspection"; after the repair there's a re-test (reinspeção).Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
O carro chumbou na inspeção.Oo KAH-roo shoom-BOH nuh eensh-pih-SOW.
The car failed the inspection.
They might also say:
O carro não passou na inspeção.
Oo KAH-roo now puh-SOH nuh eensh-pih-SOW.
The car did not pass the inspection.
YOU REPLY
Porquê? O que é que está mal?
Poor-KEH? Oo k eh k shtah mahl?
Why? What is wrong?
THEY SAY
Tem de reparar as luzes e os travões.Tayn d rih-puh-RAHR uhzh LOO-ziz ee oozh truh-VOYSH.
You have to repair the lights and the brakes.
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YOU REPLY
Depois tenho de voltar cá?
Dih-POYSH TEH-nyoo d vool-TAHR kah?
Do I have to come back here afterwards?
THEY SAY
Sim, para a reinspeção.Seen, pruh uh ree-aynsh-pih-SOW.
Yes, for the re-inspection.
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YOU REPLY
Quanto tempo tenho para reparar?
KWAHN-too TEM-poo TEH-nyoo pruh rih-puh-RAHR?
How long do I have to repair it?
THEY SAY
Está tudo escrito no relatório.Shtah TOO-doo SHKREE-too noo rih-luh-TOH-ryoo.
It's all written in the report.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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Words worth knowing
carro
KAH-roo
noun
car
chumbou
shoom-BOH
verb
failed (an inspection, an exam)
inspeção
eensh-pih-SOW
noun
vehicle inspection
Porquê
Poor-KEH
adverb
why?
é
eh
verb
is
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
29 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
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