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The neighbour below: water is leaking from your flat: what to say in Portuguese
The neighbour from downstairs comes up: water is leaking from your flat.
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How it's done. Turn off the water and tell your landlord straight away: leaks are usually dealt with through the 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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Está a cair água no meu teto!Shtah uh kuh-EER AH-gwuh noo meh-oo TEH-too!
Water is dripping through my ceiling!
They might also say:
Está a pingar água do meu teto!
Shtah uh peen-GAHR AH-gwuh doo meh-oo TEH-too!
Water is dripping from my ceiling!
YOU REPLY
Meu Deus! Vou ver já. Onde é que fecho a água?
Meh-oo deh-oosh! Voh vehr zhah. Ohnd eh k FEH-shoo uh AH-gwuh?
My goodness! I'll check right now. Where do I turn off the water?
THEY SAY
A torneira geral costuma estar na cozinha. Avise o seu senhorio, por causa do seguro.Uh toor-NAY-ruh zhih-RAHL koosh-TOO-muh shtahr nuh koo-ZEE-nyuh. Uh-VEEZ oo seh-oo snyoo-REE-oo, poor KOW-zuh doo sih-GOO-roo.
The main stopcock is usually in the kitchen. Tell your landlord, because of the insurance.
2
YOU REPLY
Peço imensa desculpa. Vou ligar-lhe já.
PEH-soo ee-MAYN-suh dish-KOOL-puh. Voh lee-GAHR-ly zhah.
I'm so sorry. I'll call him right away.
THEY SAY
Não faz mal.now fahzh mahl.
That's all right.
They might also say:
Sem problema.
sayn proo-BLEH-muh.
No problem.
3
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
Está
Shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
cair
kuh-EER
verb
to fall
água
AH-gwuh
noun
water
teto
TEH-too
noun
ceiling
Deus
deh-oosh
noun
God (meu Deus - my God)
Vou
Voh
verb
(I) go
31 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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