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🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Question Is the Height Limit

In his flat on the ninth floor, Mauro the lawyer explains to Daniel and Bia where the tower's permit is weak. Say the question is the height limit, the maximum height allowed on the street, they asked for an exception and someone at city hall signed, it's legal if there's a technical justification, I doubt there is, and ask for an injunction to halt the work.

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THE STORY

In Mauro's flat on the ninth floor of the building in Botafogo, in Rio, the lawyer explains to Daniel and Bia what is wrong with the tower's permit, and what the residents can do about it.

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A questão é o gabarito.ah kes-TOWNG eh oo gah-bah-REE-tooThe question is the height limit.
Gabarito?gah-bah-REE-tooHeight limit?
A altura máxima permitida na rua. Aqui são doze andares.ah ahl-TOO-rah MAH-see-mah pehr-mee-CHEE-dah nah HOO-ah. ah-KEE sowng DOH-zee ahn-DAH-reesThe maximum height allowed on the street. Here it's twelve floors.
E eles querem vinte. Como conseguiram a licença?ee EH-lees KEH-rayng VEEN-chee. KOH-moo kohn-seh-GEE-rowng ah lee-SEN-sahAnd they want twenty. How did they get the permit?
Pediram uma exceção. E alguém na prefeitura assinou.peh-DJEE-rowng OO-mah eh-seh-SOWNG. ee ahl-GAYNG nah preh-fay-TOO-rah ah-see-NOHThey asked for an exception. And someone at city hall signed.
Isso é legal?EE-soo eh leh-GOWIs that legal?
É legal se houver justificativa técnica. Eu duvido que haja.eh leh-GOW see oh-VEHR zhoos-chee-fee-kah-CHEE-vah TEK-nee-kah. AY-oo doo-VEE-doo kee AH-zhahIt's legal if there's a technical justification. I doubt there is.
E o que a gente pode fazer?ee oo kee ah ZHEN-chee POH-djee fah-ZEHRAnd what can we do?
Pedir uma liminar para embargar a obra até a prefeitura explicar.peh-DJEER OO-mah lee-mee-NAHR PAH-rah ayn-bahr-GAHR ah OH-brah ah-TEH ah preh-fay-TOO-rah es-plee-KAHRAsk for an injunction to halt the work until city hall explains.
Então pede.ayn-TOWNG PEH-djeeThen ask.