How do you say 'key' in Portuguese?

Key is chave, pronounced 'chávi'; you can say 'Você pode me dar a chave do quarto agora?'

What does hóspede mean?

Hóspede means a guest, someone staying at a hotel or at someone else's home.

You can say 'Preciso de silêncio para dormir um pouco agora,' meaning you need silence to sleep a little.

Your flight is delayed, you get to the hotel at two in the morning with your bag in hand, and there's only one person at the front desk.

A recepção fica aberta a noite inteira?

Is the front desk open all night?

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recepção/ʁesepˈsɐ̃w̃/
front desknoun
Desk at the entrance of a hotel or building where arrivals are received.
madrugada/madɾuˈɡadɐ/
early hoursnoun
Part of the day between midnight and sunrise.
atraso/aˈtɾazu/
delaynoun
Extra time you wait when something doesn't happen at the scheduled time.
hóspede/ˈɔspedʒi/Also said ˈɔʃpedʒi.
guestnoun
Person staying at someone else's house or hotel.
porteiro/poʁˈteɾu/Also said poɾˈteɾu.
doormannoun
Person who looks after a building's entrance and controls who comes in and out.
chave/ˈʃavi/
keynoun
Metal object that opens and closes a lock.
quarto/ˈkwaʁtu/Also said ˈkwaɾtu.
roomnoun
Room where a person sleeps and keeps their things.
liberar/libeˈɾa/
letverb
Let someone do or use something.
silêncio/siˈlẽsju/
silencenoun
Absence of any sound.
vizinho/viˈzĩɲu/
next-dooradjective
Right next to something else.

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A recepção fica aberta a noite inteira?
Is the front desk open all night?
Desculpa chegar de madrugada, o voo atrasou muito.
Sorry for arriving so late at night, the flight was really delayed.
O voo teve um atraso de quase quatro horas.
The flight was delayed almost four hours.
Ainda tem um hóspede esperando aqui na recepção.
There's still a guest waiting here at the front desk.
O porteiro pode me ajudar a subir a mala?
Can the doorman help me take my bag up?
Você pode me dar a chave do quarto agora?
Can you give me the room key now?
O quarto já está pronto para eu subir?
Is the room ready for me to go up?
Dá para liberar o quarto antes do horário?
Can you let us have the room before the scheduled time?
Preciso de silêncio para dormir um pouco agora.
I need some quiet to sleep for a bit now.
Prefiro um quarto que não seja vizinho do elevador, por causa do barulho.
I'd rather have a room that isn't next to the elevator, because of the noise.

recepção/ʁesepˈsɐ̃w̃/
The 'r' at the beginning is a throaty sound, like in 'rato', and the stress falls on '-ção', which comes out through the nose.
atraso/aˈtɾazu/
The 's' between vowels sounds like a 'z': a-trá-zu.
hóspede/ˈɔspedʒi/
The 'ó' in the first syllable is open and carries the stress; the final '-de' sounds like 'dji'.
porteiro/poʁˈteɾu/
The 'e' in '-tei' is closed, like in 'você', and the final '-ro' sounds like 'ru'.
chave/ˈʃavi/
The final '-e' sounds like 'i': 'chávi'.
liberar/libeˈɾa/
The final 'r' almost disappears: it comes out like 'liberá'.
silêncio/siˈlẽsju/
The 'ê' comes out through the nose, and that's where the word's stress falls.
vizinho/viˈzĩɲu/
The 'zi' in the middle comes out nasal because of the 'nh', which is a single sound, like in 'banho'.

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How do you say 'key' in Portuguese?: Key is chave, pronounced 'chávi'; you can say 'Você pode me dar a chave do quarto agora?'
What does hóspede mean?: Hóspede means a guest, someone staying at a hotel or at someone else's home.
How do you ask for quiet in Portuguese?: You can say 'Preciso de silêncio para dormir um pouco agora,' meaning you need silence to sleep a little.

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