Portuguese · Elevador e escadas
A neighbour offers to help carry your things in: what to say in Portuguese
You're carrying heavy bags, and a neighbour offers to help.
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How it's done. You can decline help simply and politely: Não é preciso, obrigado - "No need, thank you".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
Quer ajuda com isso?Kehr uh-ZHOO-duh kohn EE-soo?
Would you like some help with that?
They might also say:
Deixe, que eu levo um saco.
Daysh, k eh-oo LEH-voo oon SAH-koo.
Let me, I'll carry one bag.
Eu seguro a porta.
Eh-oo sih-GOO-roo uh POR-tuh.
I'll hold the door.
YOU REPLY
Ai, obrigado, é muito amável!
Igh, oh-bree-GAH-doo, eh MWEE-too uh-MAH-vel!
Oh, thank you, that's very kind!
THEY SAY
De nada!D NAH-duh!
You're welcome!
They might also say:
Não tem de quê!
Now tayn d keh!
Not at all!
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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
Quer
Kehr
verb
want
ajuda
uh-ZHOO-duh
noun
help
é
eh
verb
is
muito
MWEE-too
adverb
very
amável
uh-MAH-vel
adjective
kind
logo
LOH-goo
adverb
later
7 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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