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The neighbour upstairs is leaking: what to say in Portuguese
Water is dripping from your ceiling: the neighbour upstairs has a leak. You need to tell the neighbour.
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How it's done. If there's a leak, take photos and tell both the neighbour and the landlord: the cost is often covered by home insurance.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
Desculpe, está a cair água no meu teto.
Dish-KOOLP, shtah uh kuh-EER AH-gwuh noo meh-oo TEH-too.
Sorry, water is coming through my ceiling.
Or say:Acho que há uma infiltração da sua casa.
AH-shoo k uh OO-muh een-feel-truh-SOW duh SOO-uh KAH-zuh.
THEY SAY
A sério? Vou ver já a casa de banho.Uh SEH-ryoo? Voh vehr zhah uh KAH-zuh d BAH-nyoo.
Really? I'll check the bathroom right now.
They might also say:
Deve ser a máquina de lavar.
Dev sehr uh MAH-kee-nuh d luh-VAHR.
It must be the washing machine.
2
YOU REPLY
Pode fechar a água, por favor?
Pod fih-SHAHR uh AH-gwuh, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you turn off the water, please?
THEY SAY
Já fechei, desculpe o incómodo.Zhah fih-SHAY, dish-KOOLP oo een-KOH-moo-doo.
It's turned off now, sorry for the inconvenience.
They might also say:
Já está fechada, desculpe.
Zhah shtah fih-SHAH-duh, dish-KOOLP.
It's already off, sorry.
3
YOU REPLY
Tem seguro da casa?
Tayn sih-GOO-roo duh KAH-zuh?
Do you have home insurance?
THEY SAY
Sim, vou ligar ao seguro.Seen, voh lee-GAHR ow sih-GOO-roo.
Yes, I'll call the insurer.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too 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
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
cair
kuh-EER
verb
to fall
água
AH-gwuh
noun
water
teto
TEH-too
noun
ceiling
sério
SEH-ryoo
adjective
serious (a sério? - really?)
23 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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