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How to Say ‘There's no hot water at all?’ in Portuguese

Não há água quente nenhuma?

NOWN ah AH-gwah KENT nuh-NYOO-muh

[NOWN ah AH-gwah KENT nuh-NYOO-muh]

💬 Usage Tip: Portuguese happily doubles the negative: não plus nenhuma "none at all" makes the sentence stronger, not positive. nenhuma ends in -a to match água.

Phrase Breakdown

Não há água quente

NOWN ah AH-gwah KENT

There's no hot water

'Não há' means 'there isn't'. The 'h' in 'há' is silent. 'Não' is a nasal sound, like 'now' through the nose.

Example

Não há água quente no duche.

There's no hot water in the shower.

Words in this phrase

Não

[NOWN]

not

Used to negate the meaning of a word or group of words.

Example

Não quero comer agora.

I don't want to eat now.

há

[ah]

there is / there are

Form of haver used to say that something exists.

Example

Há interesse em ouvir candidatos no evento.

There is interest in listening to candidates at the event.

água

[AH-gwah]

water

Water; in restaurants you may be asked 'com gás' (sparkling) or 'sem gás' (still).

Example

Uma garrafa de água, por favor.

A bottle of water, please.

quente

[KENT]

hot

Adjective meaning high in temperature; informally also 'attractive'.

Example

O café está muito quente.

The coffee is very hot.

nenhuma?

nuh-NYOO-muh

at all? / none?

Placed after the noun, it adds emphasis: 'none at all'. Say it 'nə-NYU-ma' with a weak first 'e'.

Example

Não tens fome nenhuma?

Aren't you hungry at all?

Words in this phrase

nenhuma

[nuh-NYOO-muh]

none at all / any

Feminine form of 'nenhum'; after a noun in a negative sentence it stresses 'not any at all'.

Example

Não tenho paciência nenhuma.

I have no patience at all.

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