{"id":8249,"date":"2019-05-16T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2019-05-16T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:43:37","slug":"household-issues-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/household-issues-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Household issues in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ol\u00e1 a todos os leitores? Como t\u00eam passado o m\u00eas de maio? Hello to all readers! How has the month of May been treating you? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moving or spending some time in a new country can be a great source of joy and excitement as a new world opens up and you become part of another culture that is often not similar to yours. However, it is common to find many difficulties in everyday household chores. Simple issues that we used to do almost automatically can turn into big problems with a language barrier. If you are interested in learning some short and phrases in English that can be useful in everyday life, you are in the right place! Today we are going to teach you some of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8250\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8250\" class=\"wp-image-8250 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-350x232.jpg\" alt=\"Plumber fixing sink\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Problems around the house\/ Problemas dom\u00e9sticos (Photo by Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>L\u00e2mpada | Light bulb<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Precisamos<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> trocar a l\u00e2mpada <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">da sala, porque ela acabou de queimar | We need to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">change the light bulb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the room because it just burned out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segura a escada para mim enquanto eu <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">troco a l\u00e2mpada<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? | Can you hold the ladder for me while I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">change the light bulb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>G\u00e1s de cozinha | Cooking gas, gas cylinder<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O <em>g\u00e1s<\/em> <em>acabou<\/em> enquanto eu preparava o almo\u00e7o, mas j\u00e1 pedi outro | <\/span>The <em>cooking gas ran out<\/em> while I was preparing lunch, but I&#8217;ve ordered another<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quanto custa um <em>botij\u00e3o de g\u00e1s<\/em>? | <\/span>How much does a<em> gas cylinder<\/em> cost?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Internet<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voc\u00ea j\u00e1 <em>pagou a conta<\/em> da internet deste m\u00eas? | Have you paid for this month&#8217;s<em> internet bill<\/em>?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O t\u00e9cnico vai passar hoje a tarde para <em>instalar a internet<\/em> | The technician will stop by this afternoon to<em> set up the internet.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A internet <em>caiu<\/em>, vou <em>reiniciar<\/em> o modem | The internet just <em>crashed<\/em>, I will <em>reboot<\/em> the modem.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Queda de energia | Power failures<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voc\u00ea sabe onde est\u00e3o as velas que compramos? Preciso delas porque <em>a energia caiu<\/em> | Do you know where the candles we bought are? I need them because<em> the power went off<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ontem choveu tanto que <em>ficamos sem luz<\/em> | Yesterday it rained so hard that <em>the power went off<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>C\u00f3pia da chave | Key copy, spare keys<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meu amigo vem me visitar este final de semana, preciso <em>fazer uma c\u00f3pia<\/em> da chave | A friend of mine is going to stay over this weekend, I need to<em> make a copy<\/em> of the keys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deixei uma <em>c\u00f3pia da chave<\/em> para voc\u00ea em cima da mesa | I left you a set of <em>spare keys<\/em> on the table.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Aluguel | Rent<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voc\u00ea se lembrou de<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pagar o aluguel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> esse m\u00eas? | Did you remember to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pay rent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this month?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nosso <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contrato de aluguel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> expira no final desse ano. Seria bom entrar em contato com a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">imobili\u00e1ria.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> | Our <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lease<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> expires at the end of the year. We had better get in touch with the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">real estate agency<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Pia\/ Privada entupida | Clogged sink\/ toilet<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quem deixou esses restos de comida na pia? Ela <em>ficou entupida<\/em>! | Who left leftover food in the sink? It <em>got clogged<\/em>!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preciso chamar o encanador para<em> desentupir a pia<\/em> | I need to call the plumber to <em>unclog the sink<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Algu\u00e9m jogou len\u00e7os de papel na privada e agora ela <em>est\u00e1 entupida<\/em> | Someone threw paper tissues in the toilet and now <em>it&#8217;s clogged<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Semana que vem tem mais! There&#8217;s more to come next week! At\u00e9 logo! See you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plumber fixing sink\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/plumber-228010_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Ol\u00e1 a todos os leitores? Como t\u00eam passado o m\u00eas de maio? Hello to all readers! How has the month of May been treating you? 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