Portuguese · Reparação de telemóveis
Cracked screen: ask the repair price: what to say in Portuguese
Your phone screen is broken, and you ask the price of the repair.
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How it's done. Before handing over your phone, ask about the repair guarantee (garantia) and whether your data will be kept.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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YOU START
O ecrã partiu-se. Quanto custa a reparação?
Oo eh-KRAHN puhr-TEE-oo-s. KWAHN-too KOOSH-tuh uh rih-puh-ruh-SOW?
The screen is broken. How much does the repair cost?
THEY SAY
O ecrã fica em cento e vinte euros.Oo eh-KRAHN FEE-kuh ayn SAYN-too ee veent EH-oo-roosh.
The screen comes to a hundred and twenty euros.
2
YOU REPLY
Perco as fotografias?
PEHR-koo uhsh foo-too-gruh-FEE-uhsh?
Will I lose my photos?
THEY SAY
Não, os dados ficam.Now, oozh DAH-doosh FEE-kow.
No, the data stays.
They might also say:
Não, as fotografias ficam todas.
Now, uhsh foo-too-gruh-FEE-uhsh FEE-kow TOH-duhsh.
No, all the photos stay.
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YOU REPLY
Tem garantia?
Tayn guh-rahn-TEE-uh?
Is there a guarantee?
THEY SAY
Seis meses de garantia.Sayzh MEH-zizh d guh-rahn-TEE-uh.
Six months' guarantee.
4
YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, 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.
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Words worth knowing
ecrã
eh-KRAHN
noun
screen
partiu-se
puhr-TEE-oo-s
verb
broke (smashed)
custa
KOOSH-tuh
verb
costs
reparação
rih-puh-ruh-SOW
noun
repair
fica
FEE-kuh
verb
will be
euros
EH-oo-roosh
noun
euros
21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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