Portuguese · Reboque
The tow truck driver asks where to take the car: what to say in Portuguese
The tow-truck driver asks where to take the car.
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How it's done. If you don't have your own garage, the insurer usually tows to the nearest partner garage.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
Para onde levo o carro?Pruh ohnd LEH-voo oo KAH-roo?
Where shall I take the car?
They might also say:
Tem alguma oficina de confiança?
Tayn uhl-GOO-muh oo-fee-SEE-nuh d kohn-fee-AHN-suh?
Do you have a garage you trust?
YOU REPLY
Para a oficina da Rua Direita, em Almada.
Pruh uh oo-fee-SEE-nuh duh ROO-uh dih-RAY-tuh, ayn uhl-MAH-duh.
To the garage on Rua Direita, in Almada.
Or say:Não tenho. Pode ser a mais perto.
Now TEH-nyoo. Pod sehr uh mighsh PEHR-too.
THEY SAY
Está bem. Quer vir comigo no reboque?Shtah bayn. Kehr veer koo-MEE-goo noo rih-BOK?
All right. Do you want to ride with me in the tow truck?
They might also say:
Assine aqui, se faz favor.
Uh-SEEN uh-KEE, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Sign here, please.
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YOU FINISH
Está bem. Obrigado.
shtah bayn. oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right. Thank you.
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
onde
ohnd
adverb
where
levo
LEH-voo
verb
(I) will take away, carry
carro
KAH-roo
noun
car
oficina
oo-fee-SEE-nuh
noun
garage, workshop
Rua
ROO-uh
noun
street
Direita
dih-RAY-tuh
noun
right-hand side (à direita - to the right)
14 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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