O requerimento ainda tem uma pendência.

Because requerimento is a masculine noun in Portuguese, so it takes the masculine article o.

• o requerimento = the application / the formal request
• a pendência = the pending issue / outstanding matter

In Portuguese, noun gender is grammatical, so it does not depend on whether the thing is actually masculine or feminine in real life.

Requerimento is a formal word. It usually refers to an official request, application, petition, or submitted document in bureaucratic, legal, academic, or administrative contexts.

It is more formal than:

• pedido = request/order
• solicitação = request
• formulário = form

So requerimento often suggests something like:

• an application filed with an office
• an official written request
• a document under review

Here, ainda means still.

So the idea is that the application/request still has an unresolved issue.

Common meanings of ainda include:

• still: Ele ainda mora aqui.
• yet / still in negative contexts: Ela ainda não chegou.
• sometimes even: ainda mais, ainda melhor

In this sentence, ainda shows that the situation has not been resolved yet.

Because the sentence uses the verb ter (to have), not estar (to be).

• tem uma pendência = has a pending issue
• está pendente = is pending

Both patterns can exist in Portuguese, but they are structured differently:

• O requerimento ainda tem uma pendência.
  = The application still has an outstanding issue.

• O requerimento ainda está pendente.
  = The application is still pending.

So tem focuses on the existence of an unresolved item attached to the application, while está pendente describes the application’s status more directly.

Pendência means something like an outstanding issue, pending matter, unresolved item, or something that still needs to be dealt with.

In Brazilian Portuguese, it is very common in administrative and bureaucratic contexts. It can refer to things like:

• a missing document
• unpaid fees
• incomplete information
• a step that has not been completed yet

So it is not necessarily a big problem; it can simply be something that is still pending.

Because Portuguese usually uses an article here when talking about one unresolved item.

• uma pendência = one pending issue / an outstanding matter

If you remove the article, the sentence would sound unnatural in normal Portuguese.

You could also say:

• O requerimento ainda tem pendências.
  = The application still has pending issues.

That plural version suggests more than one unresolved item, or unresolved matters in general.

The structure is:

O requerimento + ainda + tem + uma pendência

So:

• O requerimento = subject
• ainda = adverb
• tem = verb
• uma pendência = object/complement

A very literal breakdown would be:

• The application
• still
• has
• a pending issue

This word order is very natural in Portuguese.

Yes, you could, but it changes the focus a little.

• O requerimento ainda tem uma pendência.
  Focuses on the application as the subject.

• Ainda tem uma pendência no requerimento.
  Focuses more on the existence of a pending issue in the application.

The second version is also natural, but it feels slightly less direct and slightly more conversational or situational.

It is common, but mainly in formal or bureaucratic situations.

You might see or hear it in:

• government offices
• universities
• HR departments
• legal contexts
• public administration
• official emails or notices

In casual speech, people may choose simpler words, such as:

• pedido
• solicitação
• processo
• documento

For example, in everyday conversation someone might say:

• Seu pedido ainda tem uma pendência.
• Seu processo ainda está com pendência.
• Ainda falta um documento.

These words overlap, but they are not identical:

• requerimento: very formal; often an official written request or application
• pedido: more general; can mean a request, an order, or something requested
• solicitação: formal or semi-formal; often used in business and administrative language

So if you are talking about a document filed with an institution, requerimento is often the best choice.

A rough Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation is:

oo heh-keh-ree-MEN-too ah-EEN-dah tẽy oo-ma pen-DEN-syah

A few helpful notes:

• r in requerimento is often pronounced like an English h at the beginning of a syllable in Brazilian Portuguese
• tem has a nasal sound
• pendência has stress on dên

A more IPA-style version is approximately:

/u ʁekeɾiˈmẽtu aˈĩdɐ tẽj̃ ˈũmɐ pẽˈdẽsjɐ/

Pronunciation varies by region, so don’t worry if you hear small differences.

Because the subject is singular:

• O requerimento = singular
  so: tem

Compare:

• O requerimento tem uma pendência.
• Os requerimentos têm pendências.

This is an important spelling difference:

• tem = singular
• têm = plural

The circumflex in têm helps mark the plural form.

Yes, it is natural, especially in administrative, institutional, or customer-service contexts.

It sounds like something you might hear from:

• a clerk
• a university office
• a government employee
• a support agent
• an automated status message

It is clear, correct, and idiomatic for Brazilian Portuguese.