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A neighbour on the weather: "What a heatwave!": what to say in Portuguese
A neighbour on the stairs sighs about the weather: "What heat!" You can simply agree.
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How it's done. The easiest answer to weather talk is Pois é! - "Right!" - it sounds natural.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
Que calor!K kuh-LOR!
It's so hot!
They might also say:
Está cá um frio!
Shtah kah oon free-oo!
It's so cold!
Que chuva, meu Deus!
K SHOO-vuh, meh-oo deh-oosh!
What rain, my goodness!
YOU REPLY
Pois é!
Poyz eh!
Indeed!
Or say:É verdade!
Eh vir-DAHD!
THEY SAY
Boa continuação!BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
All the best!
They might also say:
Até logo!
uh-TEH LOH-goo!
See you later!
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YOU FINISH
Até logo!
uh-TEH LOH-goo!
See you later!
Or say:Igualmente! Até logo!
ee-gwuhl-MAYNT! 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
calor
kuh-LOR
noun
heat, warmth
é
eh
verb
is
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
continuação
koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW
noun
continuation
logo
LOH-goo
adverb
later
3 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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