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Call a plumber (canalizador): what to say in Portuguese
A tap or pipe is leaking, and you phone a plumber.
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How it's done. Before you agree to a repair, ask the price or an estimate (orçamento) - and the call-out charge too.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Estou, canalizador, diga.Shtoh, kuh-nuh-lee-zuh-DOR, DEE-guh.
Hello, plumber, go ahead.
They might also say:
Boa tarde, em que posso ajudar?
BOH-uh tahrd, ayn k POH-soo uh-zhoo-DAHR?
Good afternoon, how can I help?
YOU REPLY
Boa tarde. A torneira da cozinha está a pingar.
BOH-uh tahrd. Uh toor-NAY-ruh duh koo-ZEE-nyuh shtah uh peen-GAHR.
Good afternoon. The kitchen tap is dripping.
THEY SAY
Qual é a morada?Kwahl eh uh moo-RAH-duh?
What's the address?
2
YOU REPLY
É na Rua da Paz, número dez, segundo esquerdo.
Eh nuh ROO-uh duh pahsh, NOOM-roo desh, sih-GOON-doo SHKEHR-doo.
It's Rua da Paz, number ten, second floor, left.
THEY SAY
Posso ir hoje ao fim da tarde.POH-soo eer ohzh ow feen duh tahrd.
I can come this evening.
3
YOU REPLY
Quanto custa a deslocação?
KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh uh dizh-loo-kuh-SOW?
How much is the call-out charge?
THEY SAY
A deslocação são vinte euros.Uh dizh-loo-kuh-SOW sow veent EH-oo-roosh.
The call-out charge is twenty euros.
4
YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
Estou
Shtoh
verb
I am
canalizador
kuh-nuh-lee-zuh-DOR
noun
plumber
diga
DEE-guh
verb
say
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
tarde
tahrd
noun
afternoon
torneira
toor-NAY-ruh
noun
tap
28 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?
Pode mostrar-me?
Pod moosh-TRAHRM?
Can you show me?
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