Invite Guests to a Shared Home: Portuguese for Roommate Agreements — Practice

Give a simple heads-up

Visita is a visitor or visit, and receber alguém means to have someone over. In a shared home, giving notice helps everyone plan around the kitchen, living room, or bathroom. Follow any agreement your household has made about guests.

Say who is coming, roughly when, and whether the person will stay overnight. You can ask whether the timing works instead of assuming your roommate has no plans.

Coordinate shared spaces

If you plan to use a common area, ask whether anyone needs it at that time. This is especially useful for a video call, meal, or gathering that might affect someone's work or rest.

Use a gente pode usar a sala? to check permission in a friendly way. If the visit is flexible, offer another time.

Discuss overnight visits clearly

A short conversation can make expectations clear: how often overnight guests stay, whether they need access to a key, and which shared areas they will use. Rules may come from a rental or building agreement, so check the terms that apply to your home.

Try to make the conversation mutual. Ask what your roommate considers reasonable and share your own preference without presenting it as a rule for every household.

Remember: Share the timing, check shared-space needs, and agree together on expectations for overnight guests.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. A friend is stopping by after work.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Uma amiga vai passar aqui depois do trabalho.

2. Is it okay if my brother sleeps here on Friday?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Tudo bem se meu irmão dormir aqui na sexta?

3. Can we use the living room for an hour?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   A gente pode usar a sala por uma hora?

4. If that time gets in the way, we can leave earlier.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Se esse horário atrapalhar, podemos sair mais cedo.

5. How do you prefer to coordinate guests during the week?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Como você prefere combinar visitas durante a semana?

6. Shall we give notice ahead of time when someone will sleep here?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Vamos avisar com antecedência quando alguém for dormir aqui?

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Share the timing, check shared-space needs, and agree together on expectations for overnight guests.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our Invite Guests to a Shared Home: Portuguese for Roommate Agreements lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

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