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Ask what is included in the price: what to say in Portuguese
You want to clarify what's included in the rent.
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How it's done. Usually electricity, water, gas and internet are separate from the rent, and the building charge (condomínio) is often paid by the owner; check.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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YOU START
O que é que está incluído na renda?
Oo k eh k shtah een-kloo-EE-doo nuh RAYN-duh?
What's included in the rent?
Or say:A água e a luz estão incluídas?
Uh AH-gwuh ee uh loozh shtow een-kloo-EE-duhsh?
THEY SAY
O condomínio está incluído, o resto não.Oo kohn-doo-MEE-nyoo shtah een-kloo-EE-doo, oo resht now.
The building charge is included, the rest isn't.
They might also say:
Só o condomínio. A água e a luz são à parte.
Soh oo kohn-doo-MEE-nyoo. Uh AH-gwuh ee uh loosh sow uh pahrt.
Only the building charge. Water and electricity are extra.
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YOU REPLY
Quanto se paga, mais ou menos, de luz e água?
KWAHN-too s PAH-guh, mighz oh MEH-noozh, d loozh ee AH-gwuh?
Roughly how much do you pay for electricity and water?
THEY SAY
Uns oitenta euros por mês.Oonz oy-TAYN-tuh EH-oo-roosh poor mesh.
About eighty euros a month.
They might also say:
Depende do consumo.
Dih-PAYND doo kohn-SOO-moo.
It depends on consumption.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
é
eh
verb
is
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
incluído
een-kloo-EE-doo
adjective
included (in the price)
renda
RAYN-duh
noun
rent
condomínio
kohn-doo-MEE-nyoo
noun
owners' association of a building
resto
resht
noun
rest, remainder
20 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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