Portuguese for Beginners
Property (Propriedade)
| Accountant | Contabilista |
| Address | Endereço |
| Administrator | Administrador |
| Agricultural land | Terreno agrícola |
| Agricultural land that can be changed to building land | Terreno urbanizável |
| Agricultural property | Propriedade agrícola |
| Air-conditioning | Ar condicionado |
| All fees or charges/expenses | Todos os gastos/despesas |
| American (fitted) kitchen | Cozinha (embutida) americana |
| Amount | Soma |
| An exclusive contract between a vendor and an estate agent to sell a property | Contrato de mediação |
| An official agent licensed by the government to act as a middleman between members of the public and the bureaucracy | Despachante |
| An owner’s share (expressed as a percentage) of a community development, used to calculate his percentage of community fees | Quota/Ação (de proprietário) |
| Annexe or outbuilding | Anexo |
| Annulling or conditional clause (e.g. in a promissory contract): | Cláusula de anulação |
| Apartment, flat | Apartamento |
| Arch | Arco |
| Architect | Arquiteto |
| Armoured door, e.g. a high security front door of an apartment | Porta blindada |
| Arrangement fee | Emolumento |
| Association of Algarve estate agents | Associação dos Mediadores do Algarve (AMA) |
| Association of estate agents | Associação de Mediadores Imobiliários (AMI) |
| Loft | Sótão |
| Attorney, proxy or holder of a power of attorney | Procurador |
| Auction | Leilão |
| Authorised or certified copy | Cópia certificada/legalizada |
| Avenue, usually abbreviated Av | Avenida |
| Balcony | Balcão |
| Bank account | Conta bancária |
| Bank repossession | Reposição bancária |
| Banker’s order | Transferência |
| Barbecue | Churrasco |
| Barn | Celeiro |
| Basement storage cage | Arrecadação na cave |
| Bath | Banho |
| bathroom (Full) | Casa de banho (completo) |
| Bathroom with shower | Casa de banho com chuveiro |
| Beach | Praia |
| Beam | Viga |
| Bill | Conta |
| Tax Receipt | Factura |
| Blinds, shutters | Estores / Persianas |
| Block of flats/apartments | Prédio de apartamentos |
| Boarding house/ Bed and breakfast accommodation | Pensão |
| Borehole | Furo |
| Brick, brickwork | Tijolo |
| Bricklayer or stonemason | Pedreiro |
| Brickwork | Obra em alvenaria |
| Builder | Construtor |
| Builder, contractor | Empreteiro |
| Building | Edifício / Prédio |
| Building Land | Terreno para construção |
| Building Licence | Licença de obras |
| Building Plot | Lote para construção / Parcela para construão |
| Built / internal area | Área de habitação |
| Built-in wardrobe | Armário embutido |
| Business licence or permit | Licença fiscal / Alvará |
| Capital Gains Tax | Imposto de mais valias |
| Car Port | Abrigo para carro |
| Car rental | Aluguel de carro |
| Car tax | Imposto de automoveis |
| Caretaker or doorman | Porteiro |
| Cash | Dinheiro na mão/pronto pagamento |
| Castle | Castelo |
| Central Heating | Aquecimento central |
| Ceramic (e.g. tiles): | Cerâmica |
| Certificate | Certificado/Certidão |
| Certificate certifying that a property can be lived in, which is issued when a building conforms with the building standards and codes | Licença de habitabilidade |
| Certificate certifying that a property can be lived in, which is issued when a building conforms with the building standards and codes | Cédula de habitação |
| Certificate from the local town hall stating what can be built on a plot of land | Parecer camarário |
| Changing Room | Vestiário |
| Chimney | Chaminé |
| Coast | Costa |
| Coastal building law | Plano da Ordem Costeira (POC) |
| Coastal Views | Vista da costa |
| Communal (shared) swimming pool | Piscina comunitária |
| Community | Comunidade |
| Community Fees | Gastos de comunidade / Taxas comunitárias |
| Community of owners in a community development | Associação de proprietários ou condónimos |
| Community of owners in a community development such as an apartment block or townhouse development | Comunidade de proprietários |
| Company or corporation tax | Imposto comercial |
| Condominium in secure building | Condomínio fechado |
| Condominium, service charges (community fees) | Condomínio |
| Connection (of electricity or water) | Ligação (de electricidade ou água) |
| Conservatory | Conservatório / Varanda envidraçada |
| Conservatory (literally ‘winter room’) | Sala de inverno |
| Conservatory or greenhouse | Invernadero |
| Constructed area | Área de construção |
| Contract | Contrato / Acordo |
| Contract whereby two parties agree to exchange properties, usually with one party paying the other a sum to compensate for the difference in the properties’ values | Permuta |
| Cooker, stove | Fogareiro |
| Co-ownership | Compropriedade |
| Costs or charges | Custos / Gastos |
| Country house or chalet | Casa de campo / Casa campestre |
| Country property | Propriedade rural |
| Country views | Vista do campo |
| Countryside, ground, field | Campo |
| Covered area | Área coberta |
| Covered terrace | Terraço coberto |
| Cupboard, wardrobe | Armário |
| Customs | Alfândega |
| Danger | Perigo |
| Deposit | Sinal |
| Deposit (down payment) | Depósito |
| Detached Villa | Chalé |
| Detached House | Casa independente/separada |
| Developer, e.g. of an urbanisation | Promotor/Promovedor |
| Dilapidated, run down | Estragado |
| Dining room | Sala de jantar |
| Direct debit | Débito directo |
| Door, gate or portal | Porta |
| Double | Duplo |
| Double bedroom (with two beds) | Quarto duplo (com dois camas) |
| Double glazed | Vidrado duplamente |
| Dovecote | Pombal |
| Drain, Sewer | Esgoto |
| Duplex, maisonette, two-storey building | Dúplex |
| Dustbin or trash can | Balde do lixo / Contentor de lixo |
| Dwelling, home | Moradia |
| Dwelling, residence | Habitação |
| Eat-in kitchen | Cozinha cantina |
| Electoral roll | Censo electoral |
| Electric heating/radiator | Aquecimento eléctrico |
| Electricity | Eletricidade |
| Elevator/lift; also a funicular railway | Elevador |
| En suite bathroom | Casa de banho privativa |
| Energy, electricity supply | Energia |
| Entertainment room / Games Room | Sala de jogos |
| Entrance hall | Hall de entrada / Vestíbulo |
| Equipped | Equipado(a) |
| Estate agent | Mediador autorizado/imobiliária |
| Estate agent’s office | Escritório imobiliário/Escritório de mediador |
| Estimate | Estimativa |
| Eviction order | Ordem de despejo |
| Exchange. Also the currency exchange rate | Câmbio |
| Farmhouse or house on a farm | Casa de fazenda |
| Farmhouse or house on a farm | Quinta |
| Farmyard | Pátio de fazenda |
| Fees | Honorários |
| Fees or expenses | Gastos/Despesas |
| Fenced | Cercado |
| Fenced, e.g. garden | Gradeado |
| Financial or tax consultant | Consultor financeiro |
| Fireplace | Lareira |
| Fiscal Number | Número de identificação fiscal (NIF) |
| Fiscal representative | Representante fiscal |
| Fitted (built-in) wardrobe | Armário embutido na parede |
| Fitted (built-in) wardrobe | Roupeiro |
| Fitted carpet | Carpete |
| Fittings | Apliques / Acessórios de casa |
| Flat Roof | Telhado plano / Açoteia |
| Floor | Assoalho |
| Floor (of a multi-storey building) | Piso |
| Floor (wooden) | Soalho (de madeira) |
| Floor Tiles | Tijoleira |
| Floor, storey | Andar |
| For Rent, To Let | Alugar-se |
| For Sale | Vende-se / à Venda |
| Foreign residents’ department, e.g. at a town hall | Departamento de estrangeiros |
| Foreigners’ department | Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) |
| Freezer | Congelador |
| French Window | Janela com batente / Porta janela |
| Front line sea position, e.g. on the beach | Primeira linha junto ao mar |
| Furnished | Mobilado / Mobiliado |
| Furniture | Mobília |
| Furniture / Furnished | Móveis/com Móveis |
| Garage (double) | Garagem (dupla) |
| Garden (communal) | Jardim (comunais) |
| Garden Centre | Centro de jardinagem |
| Gas Bottle | Garrafa de gás |
| Gas Water heating | Aquecimento de água a gas |
| Gate | Portão |
| General Power of Attorney | Poder geral na Procuração |
| Generator (for electricity) | Gerador |
| Glass | Vidro / Cristal |
| Greenhouse | Estufa (para plantas) |
| Ground Floor | Rés-do-chão (R/C) / 1° Andar |
| Guarantee or security deposit | Depósito de garantía/segurança |
| Guarantee, warranty | Garantia |
| Guest House | Casa de hóspedes / visitas |
| Hallway | Entrada |
| Health Insurance | Seguro-saúde |
| Heat reflecting wall for a fireplace | Muro refratário |
| Heated Swimming Pool | Piscina aquecida |
| Heating | Aquecimento |
| Hectare or 10,000 square metres (2.471 acres) | Hectar |
| Hinterland, i.e. not on the coast (also the interior of a house) | Interior |
| Holiday or second home | Casa de férias |
| Home | Lar |
| Home, residence | Domicílio |
| House | Casa |
| Household Insurance | Seguro domésticos |
| Hut | Cabana |
| Hypermarket | Hipermercado |
| In good condition | (em) Bom estado |
| In poor condition, dilapidated | (em) Mau estado |
| In reasonable condition | (em) Razoável estado |
| In Ruins | (em) Ruínas |
| Income | Renda |
| Income and gift tax | Imposto sobre as Sucessões e Doações |
| Inheritance tax | Imposto sucessório |
| Inn | Estalagem |
| Instalments | Amortização |
| Insurance | Seguro |
| Interest Rate | Taxa de juro |
| Inventory | Inventário |
| Iron security grilles | Grades de segurança em ferro |
| Ironmongers | Loja de ferragens |
| Keeper or Guard | Guarda |
| Kitchen | Cozinha |
| Lake | Lago |
| Land Registry | Conservatória do registro predial |
| Land, ground | Solo |
| Land, plot | Terra/Terreno |
| Large Farm | Herdade (particulalrly in Alentejo) |
| Large Room | Quarto grande |
| Large Room, Salon | Salão |
| Laundry or utility room | Lavanderia |
| Law | Lei |
| Law governing property rentals | Lei de arrendamentos urbanos |
| Law of horizontal division of a community development defining the legal rights and obligations of owners: | Lei de propiedade horizontal |
| Lawn | Relvado |
| Lawsuit | Processo / Ação judicial |
| Lawyer / solicitor | Advogado / Advogada |
| Lease | Arrendamento |
| Lease or transfer of property | Trespasse |
| License | Licença |
| License issued by a town hall stating what a property or land can be used for, e.g. residential, commercial or industrial use | Licença de utilização |
| License required for the first occupation of a building, necessary to have an electricity meter installed | Licença de primeira ocupação/ Licença de habitação |
| Life interest, e.g. in a property | Usufruto / Interesse vitalício |
| Lift, elevator | Ascensor / Elevador |
| Limited power of attorney | Poder limitado na Procuração |
| List of building materials and specifications for a new property | Memória descritiva |
| List of inhabitants, e.g. of a town | Lista de habitantes |
| Living room / lounge | Sala de estar/visitas |
| Livinig / Dining Room | Sala comun |
| Loan | Empréstimo |
| Locality | Localidade |
| Location | Localização |
| Lodging or inn. Also the name of Portugal’s luxury chain of state-run hotels | Pousada |
| Luxury / luxurious | Luxo / luxuoso |
| Maid's room | Quarto de empregada |
| Main or primary residence | Residência habitual/principal |
| Main residence for tax purposes | Domicílio fiscal / Residência fiscal |
| Main Road (designated 'EN' on maps) | Estrada nacional |
| Main Square | Praça / Rossio |
| Mains Water | Água da rede |
| Maintenance | Manutenção/Sustento |
| Manor | Casa senhorial |
| Manor house or important town mansion | Solar |
| Marble | Mármore |
| Marble Floor | Chão de mármore |
| Market | Mercado |
| Master Bedroom | Quarto principal |
| Mayor | Presidente da Câmara |
| Meter (electricity, gas, water) | Contador (electricidada, gás, água) |
| Metres (Square) | Metros (quadrados) |
| Modernised | Modernizado |
| Modest ot basic house | Casa modesta |
| Monthly payment | Pagamento mensal |
| Mortgage | Hipoteca |
| Move House | Mudança |
| Municipal or local police | Polícia municipal/local |
| Municipality, local authority | Município |
| Neighbourhood | Vizinhança |
| Neighbourhood or city quarter | Quarteirão / Bairro |
| Notarised deed of sale | Escritura pública de compra e venda |
| Notary public. The legal professional who handles the conveyancing for all property sales in Portugal (similar to a British solicitor or an American property lawyer) | Notário |
| Office / Study | Escritório |
| Official bulletin or certificate | Boletim / Certidão oficial |
| Official stamp (on a document) | Selo fiscal |
| Old | Velho/a |
| Old House | Casa antiga |
| Open plan kitchen with breakfast bar/dining area | Cozinha aberta |
| Opening licence (for a business) | Licença de abertura |
| Orchard | Pomar |
| Outbuilding / Annexe | Dependência / Anexo |
| Outdoor market or fair | Feira |
| Oven | Forno |
| Palace | Palácio |
| Palace or large country house | Paço |
| Panoramic views | Vista panorâmica |
| Pantry, larder | Despensa |
| Parish | Freguesia |
| Park | Parque |
| Parking (Car) | Parque de estacionamento |
| Parking (private) | Estacionamento (privativo) |
| Partially constructed or completed | Parcialmente construída |
| Partition / Party Wall | Parede divisória / medianero |
| Paved | Calçado/a |
| Peaceful , quiet | Sossegado/a / Sossego/a |
| Penthouse | Sótão de luxo |
| Personal Income Tax | Imposto sobre o Rendimento das pessoas Singulares (IRS) |
| Plan of building plots | Planta de construção |
| Plot (of land) | Lote (de terreno) |
| Plot of Land | Terreno |
| Plot size | Área de lote |
| Plumbing, sewerage system | Canalização |
| Popular term for 1,000 escudos (around €5) | Conto |
| Porch | Alpendre | Post Office | Correio |
| Post Code | Código postal |
| Power of attorney or proxy | Procuração |
| Power rating (electricity) of a property’s electricity supply | Potência (électrica) |
| President or chairman, e.g. of a community development | Presidente |
| Price | Preço |
| Promissory contract | Contrato de promessa de compra e venda |
| Property | Propriedade |
| Property certificate of registration | Certidão de registro |
| Property inspection or survey | Inspeção / Vistoria / Revista |
| Property registration document (rural) | Caderneta predial (rustica) |
| Property registration document (urban) | Caderneta predial (urbana) |
| Property registry | Registo de propriedade |
| Property tax, rates | Contribuição autártica |
| Property transfer tax | SISA |
| Province (e.g. Algarve) | Província |
| Public Toilets | Sanitários |
| Purchase | Compra |
| Purchaser, Buyer | Comprador/a |
| Quality | Qualidade |
| Quiet, peaceful | Tranqüilo |
| Quotation | Citação |
| Ready to occupy (lit. 'key in hand') | Chave no mão |
| Real Property Rights | Direitos reais de propriedade |
| Receipt | Recibo |
| Recent, new | Recente |
| Refrigerator | Frigorífico |
| Renovated | Renovado |
| Renovated House | Casa renovada |
| Renovated, reformed, modernized. Also retired (pensioner) | Reformado/a |
| Renovation | Renovação |
| Rent | Aluguel |
| Rental contract, lease | Contrato de arrendamento |
| Repair | Conserto / Reparação |
| Report | Relatório |
| Residence card/permit | Autorização de residência |
| Residence, address | Residência |
| Residence, dwelling | Vivenda |
| Resident | Residente |
| Restoration | Restauração |
| Right of Way | Direito de passagem |
| River | Rio |
| Road | Estrada |
| Road Tax | Taxa rodoviária |
| Roof | Telhado |
| Room | Sala |
| Room (space) for a pool | Espaço para a piscina |
| Room with a double bed | Quarto de casal |
| Room, bedroom | Quarto |
| Rubbish collection | Recolha de lixo |
| Rubbish | Lixo |
| Rural Land | Terreno rural |
| Rural / rustic property | Prédios rustica |
| Rural, rustic | Campestre |
| Rustic or simple country house | Casa rústica |
| Safe | Cofre |
| Sales and rental office | Escritório de vendas e de Aluguer |
| Sales Contract | Contrato de venda |
| Satellite Dish | Antena parabólica |
| Sea Views | Vista do mar |
| Second or holiday home | Segunda casa/residência |
| Security deposit, surety | Fiança |
| Security system / alarm | Sistema de segurança |
| Self Catering Apartment | Apartamento com cozinha |
| Semi-detached | Geminada |
| Seperate apartment, e.g. with a villa | Apartamento separado/independente |
| Septic Tank | Fossa séptica |
| Sewerage system | Sistema de esgotos |
| Shop or store | Loja |
| Show House | Casa modelo |
| Shower | Ducha |
| Single Room | Quarto individual/simple |
| Situated | Situado(a) |
| Sliding Door | Porta corrediça |
| Small Square, plaza | Largo |
| Social Security | Caixa (de Previdência) / Segurança social |
| Society of Estate Agents | Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária |
| Solar Heated Swimming Pool | Piscina com aquecimento solar |
| Solarium / Sun roof | Solário |
| Solicitor | Solicitador |
| Spacious | Espaçoso(a) |
| Special court to decide disputes over expropriation of property | Tribunal de expropriaçães |
| Special Offer | Oferta especial/Oferta de ocasião |
| Spring (water) | Fonte |
| Stable | Estábulo |
| Stairway, staircase | Escada/Escadaria |
| Stamp Duty/ Tax | Imposto de selo |
| Standing order, e.g. for payment of utility bills | Domiciliación de pagos |
| State, condition | Estado |
| State-administered medical centre | Centro de saúde |
| Statutes, rules or by-laws, e.g. of a community development | Estatutos/Regras | Storage | Arrumo |
| Storeroom | Arrecadação |
| Stream | Ribeiro |
| Street | Rua |
| Studio Apartment | Apartamento conjugado / Estúdio |
| Study | Estudo |
| Subsidised Housing | Casa subsidiária |
| Surcharge | Sobrecarga/Sobretaxa |
| Surveyor | Agrimensor |
| Swimming Pool | Piscina |
| Tax | Imposto / Taxa |
| Tax Card | Cartão de contribuinte |
| Tax Office | Repartião de finanças |
| Temporary or short term | Temporário(a) |
| Tenant | Inquilino |
| Tennis | Tênis |
| Terrace | Terraço |
| Terrace with windows | Terraço fechado |
| The article number under which property is filed at the tax office | Artigo matricial |
| The fiscal or rateable value of a property fixed by the local municipality, on which property taxes are calculated | Valor tributável |
| Third party or public liability insurance | Seguro civil contra terceiros |
| Tiles, often blue and white, used to decorate buildings | Azulejos |
| Tiles, tiled floor | Ladrilho |
| Timeshare | Multipropriedades |
| Toilet | Lavabo |
| Top Floor | Último piso |
| Top Quality | Alta qualidade |
| Tourist Office | Turismo | Tower | Torre |
| Town district, quarter (upper / lower) | Bairro, (alto/baixo) |
| Town Hall | Câmara municipal |
| Town or City | Cidade |
| Town Property | Propriedade urbana |
| Town, or villa | Vila |
| Transfer of property, conveyancing | Transferência de propriedade |
| Travel Insurance | Seguro de viagem |
| Traveller's cheque | Cheque de viagem |
| Trees | Árvores |
| Unfurnished | Desmobiliado |
| Urban | Urbano |
| Urban Property | Prédios urbanos |
| Urbanisation, housing estate | Urbanização |
| Urgent | Urgent |
| Vacuum cleaner | Aspirador |
| Value Added Tax (VAT) | Imposto sobre o Valor Acres-centado (IVA) |
| Vendor, seller | Vendedor(a) |
| Verandah, balcony | Varanda |
| View | Vista |
| Village | Aldeia |
| Village House | Casa da Aldeia |
| Wall | Muro / Parade |
| Washing Machine | Máquina de lavar roupa |
| Water | Água |
| Water Heater | Aquecedor de água / Esquentador |
| Water Tank | Caixa-d’água / Depósito de água |
| Water Tank / Cistern | Cisterna |
| Well | Poço |
| Will | Testamento |
| Window | Janela |
| Wine Cellar | Adega / Provisão de vinho |
| Wine Cellar / basement | Cave |
| Wooden Beam | Trave de madeira |
| Wooden beams, beamed ceiling | Vigas de madeira |
| Wooden Floor | Chão de madeira |
| Woodwork, carpentry | Carpintaria |
For further learning try the excellent BBC language course >
List of institions that offer free Portuguese lessons to immigrants >
Your local Townhall may well offer free lessons to 'estrangeiros'. Go and ask, and be persistent!
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