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Announcement: the line is not running: what to say in Portuguese
There's an announcement in the metro: a line isn't running. You need to understand what to do.
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How it's done. Key words in announcements: interrompida - suspended, perturbações - disruption, alternativa - alternative route.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
Informamos que a linha verde está interrompida.Een-foor-MAH-moosh k uh LEE-nyuh vehrd shtah een-tih-room-PEE-duh.
We inform you that the green line is suspended.
They might also say:
Há perturbações na circulação. Pedimos desculpa.
Uh pir-toor-buh-SOYZH nuh seer-koo-luh-SOW. Pee-DEE-moozh dish-KOOL-puh.
There is disruption to services. We apologise.
YOU REPLY
Desculpe, o que disseram?
Dish-KOOLP, oo k dee-SEH-row?
Excuse me, what did they say?
THEY SAY
A linha verde parou.Uh LEE-nyuh vehrd puh-ROH.
The green line has stopped.
2
YOU REPLY
Como é que chego ao Rossio agora?
KOH-moo eh k SHEH-goo ow roo-SEE-oo uh-GOH-ruh?
How do I get to Rossio now?
THEY SAY
Vá pela linha azul e depois a pé.Vah PEH-luh LEE-nyuh uh-ZOOL ee dih-POYZ uh peh.
Go by the blue line and then on foot.
3
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
Informamos
Een-foor-MAH-moosh
verb
(we) inform
linha
LEE-nyuh
noun
line (metro)
verde
vehrd
adjective
green
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
interrompida
een-tih-room-PEE-duh
adjective
interrupted, not running
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
19 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.
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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