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The landlord asks for a guarantor (fiador): what to say in Portuguese
The owner asks for a guarantor (fiador), and you don't have one.
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How it's done. If you don't have a Portuguese guarantor, landlords sometimes agree to a bigger deposit or several months paid in advance - try to negotiate.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
Precisa de um fiador.Prih-SIH-zuh d oon fee-uh-DOR.
You need a guarantor.
They might also say:
Tem alguém que seja fiador?
Tayn uhl-GAYN k SEH-zhuh fee-uh-DOR?
Is there anyone who can be your guarantor?
YOU REPLY
Não tenho fiador. Posso pagar mais meses adiantados?
Now TEH-nyoo fee-uh-DOR. POH-soo puh-GAHR mighzh MEH-ziz uh-dee-ahn-TAH-doosh?
I don't have a guarantor. Can I pay more months in advance?
Or say:Posso dar uma caução maior?
POH-soo dahr OO-muh kow-SOW migh-OR?
THEY SAY
Com seis meses adiantados, pode ser.Kohn sayzh MEH-ziz uh-dee-ahn-TAH-doosh, pod sehr.
With six months in advance, it could work.
They might also say:
Sem fiador não consigo, desculpe.
Sayn fee-uh-DOR now kohn-SIH-goo, dish-KOOLP.
Without a guarantor I can't, sorry.
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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!
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
Precisa
Prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
fiador
fee-uh-DOR
noun
guarantor (for a rental)
Não
Now
adverb
no
tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
pagar
puh-GAHR
verb
to pay
12 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?
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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