Handle a Client Scope Change in Portuguese: Clarify the Request — Practice

Understand the new request before answering

When a client asks for a change, repeat what you heard and ask a specific follow-up. Mudança is a change, ajuste is an adjustment, and novo pedido is a new request.

Clarify which existing deliverable the new request affects and what result the client expects. Do not agree to work you have not yet assessed.

Explain the effect on time and cost

Use impacto no prazo for effect on the timeline and custo adicional for additional cost. Explain that you will check the request before confirming how it changes the plan.

If the change replaces an earlier task, say which one will move or be removed. A specific tradeoff helps both sides understand what is changing.

Confirm the revised agreement in writing

After you agree on the change, summarize the revised scope, amount, and deadline in one message or document. Ask the client to confirm before you start the extra work.

Use a respectful, direct tone. A written update prevents a verbal change from being interpreted differently later.

Remember: Clarify the request, assess the tradeoff, and get the revised scope and deadline confirmed before continuing.

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. Just to confirm: do you want to change the format or the content too?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Só para confirmar: você quer mudar o formato ou também o conteúdo?

2. What result do you expect from this adjustment?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Qual resultado você espera com esse ajuste?

3. I'll assess the impact on the timeline and get back to you by tomorrow.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Vou avaliar o impacto no prazo e retorno até amanhã.

4. This request may require an additional cost.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Esse pedido pode exigir um custo adicional.

5. Have we agreed to include the new page and extend the deadline to the 18th?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Combinamos incluir a nova página e estender o prazo até dia 18?

6. If this is correct, could you please confirm?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Se estiver correto, pode confirmar por favor?

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.

Clarify the request, assess the tradeoff, and get the revised scope and deadline confirmed before continuing.

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 Handle a Client Scope Change in Portuguese: Clarify the Request 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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