onde você mora?
/ˈõ.d͡ʒi voˈse ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/word by word
To ask where do you live? In Portuguese, say onde você mora? It is the usual way to ask someone where their home is.
onde você mora? is a common everyday question, especially in Brazil.
Which one should you use?
onde você vive? is also grammatically correct but can sometimes suggest a more permanent or existential sense of living. Onde você tá morando? asks where you are living now and is common in Brazil.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
To ask an older person or someone in a position of authority, replace você with o senhor for a man or a senhora for a woman, as in onde o senhor mora?
Is it said differently in some regions?
In the South of Brazil and in Portugal, people often use tu instead of você and the verb changes to moras, giving onde tu moras?
How does it change in a sentence?
The question keeps the same word order as a statement, and rising intonation marks it as a question.
How do you pronounce it?
The IPA is /ˈõ.dʒi voˈse ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/, with five syllables and the stress on the first.
Did you know?
- The word você has a surprisingly humble origin, as it is a contraction of the Old Portuguese phrase vossa mercee, meaning 'your mercy'.
- In Brazil, it is common to answer onde você mora? by naming a neighborhood or a landmark rather than a street address to provide a general sense of location.
- Depending on the region, using tu instead of você in this question can signal a high level of intimacy or, in some Portuguese cities, a specific social class.
Examples in context
- Onde o(a) senhor(a) reside?Where do you reside, sir/madam?
- Poderia me informar onde o senhor(a) vive?Could you inform me where you live, sir/madam?
- Onde você mora?Where do you live?
- Onde você tá morando?Where are you living?
- Você pode me dizer onde você mora?Can you tell me where you live?
Example conversation
Lucas and Juliana are meeting for the first time at a party.
- LucasOi, eu sou o Lucas. Onde você mora?Hi, I am Lucas. Where do you live?
- JulianaOi Lucas, eu moro no centro.Hi Lucas, I live downtown.
- LucasQue legal! Eu moro perto de você.How cool! I live near you.
- JulianaAh, então somos quase vizinhos!Ah, then we are almost neighbors!
