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Ask whether you can keep a pet: what to say in Portuguese

You have a cat or a dog, and need to find out whether pets are allowed.

Senhorio5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. It's best to put permission for pets in the contract straight away - that way there won't be disputes later.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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1
YOU START
Posso ter um gato no apartamento?
POH-soo tehr oon GAH-too noo uh-puhr-tuh-MAYN-too?
Can I have a cat in the flat?
THEY SAY
Sim, não há problema.
Seen, now uh proo-BLEH-muh.
Yes, no problem.
They might also say:
Pode, mas fica responsável pelos danos.
Pod, mahsh FEE-kuh rish-poon-SAH-vel PEH-loozh DAH-noosh.
You can, but you're responsible for any damage.
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2
YOU REPLY
Podemos pôr isso no contrato?
Poo-DEH-moosh por EE-soo noo kohn-TRAH-too?
Can we put that in the contract?
THEY SAY
Claro, escrevo isso no contrato.
KLAH-roo, SHKREH-voo EE-soo noo kohn-TRAH-too.
Of course, I'll put that in the contract.
They might also say:
Sim, pode ser. Escrevo já.
Seen, pod sehr. SHKREH-voo zhah.
Yes, that's fine. I'll write it in now.
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3
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

Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
ter
tehr
verb
to have
gato
GAH-too
noun
cat
apartamento
uh-puhr-tuh-MAYN-too
noun
flat, apartment
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
não
now
adverb
no

13 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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