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The Uber driver calls: "Where are you?": what to say in Portuguese
The driver of a taxi booked through an app calls: he can't find you.
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How it's done. To help the driver find you, name a landmark: estou à porta do café - I'm at the entrance of the café.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Estou? Sou o motorista. Onde é que está?Shtoh? Soh oo moo-too-REESH-tuh. Ohnd eh k shtah?
Hello? It's the driver. Where are you?
They might also say:
Já estou aqui, num carro cinzento.
Zhah shtoh uh-KEE, noon KAH-roo seen-ZAYN-too.
I'm already here, in a grey car.
YOU REPLY
Estou à porta do café, de casaco azul.
Shtoh uh POR-tuh doo kuh-FEH, d kuh-ZAH-koo uh-ZOOL.
I'm at the café door, in a blue jacket.
THEY SAY
Já o vejo. Estou a chegar.Zhah oo VEH-zhoo. Shtoh uh shih-GAHR.
I can see you now. I'm on my way.
They might also say:
Espere aí, eu dou a volta.
Shpehr uh-EE, eh-oo doh uh VOL-tuh.
Wait there, I'll turn around.
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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
Estou
Shtoh
verb
I am
Sou
Soh
verb
(I) am
motorista
moo-too-REESH-tuh
noun
driver
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
é
eh
verb
is
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
16 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?
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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