A senhora pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?

A senhora is a formal and respectful way to say you when speaking to a woman in Brazilian Portuguese.

• você = normal, everyday you
• a senhora = more polite, more formal, often used with:
  • older people
  • customers
  • strangers in formal situations
  • people you want to address respectfully

So this sentence sounds like: Could you repeat the question, please? said politely to a woman.

If you were speaking less formally, you could say:

• Você pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?

If you were speaking to a man, you would say:

• O senhor pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?

In Portuguese, titles like senhor, senhora, and senhorita are often used with the definite article:

• o senhor
• a senhora

This is completely normal in Portuguese, even though English does not do this in the same way.

So a senhora does not mean the lady here in a literal sense. In this sentence, it functions as a polite way to mean you.

Because a senhora takes third-person singular verb forms.

Even though a senhora means you, grammatically it behaves like she:

• A senhora pode
• Você pode
• Ela pode

This is very common in Portuguese. Formal address expressions such as o senhor and a senhora use third-person verb forms.

It is both formal and polite.

The formality comes mainly from a senhora.
The politeness comes from:

• using pode as a request
• adding por favor

So the whole sentence is appropriate in situations like:

• a classroom
• a service interaction
• speaking to an older woman
• speaking to someone you do not know well

It would sound more formal than the version with você.

Portuguese often forms yes/no questions without changing word order. The sentence can look exactly like a statement, and the question is shown by:

• intonation in speech
• the question mark in writing

So:

• A senhora pode repetir a pergunta. = statement
• A senhora pode repetir a pergunta? = question

This is very common in Portuguese and usually feels more natural than trying to invert the subject and verb as in English.

Yes. Poderia makes the request sound softer or a bit more courteous.

Compare:

• A senhora pode repetir a pergunta, por favor? = polite and normal
• A senhora poderia repetir a pergunta, por favor? = slightly more formal or gentle

Both are correct.
In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, pode is already polite enough in many situations, especially with por favor.

In Portuguese, it is very common to use the definite article where English might not.

Here, a pergunta means the question—that is, the specific question that was just asked.

So the idea is not just any question in general, but the question you just asked.

If you said only repetir pergunta, it would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Portuguese.

Yes, very often.

Portuguese frequently leaves out the subject when it is clear from context. So you could say:

• Pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?

This is very natural.
However, keeping a senhora can make the sentence:

• more explicit
• more respectful
• more formal

So both are correct, but the version with a senhora sounds more deliberately polite.

Por favor is flexible. These are all natural:

• A senhora pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?
• Por favor, a senhora pode repetir a pergunta?
• A senhora, por favor, pode repetir a pergunta?
  
  • possible, but less common and a bit heavier stylistically

The most common and natural placement is at the end:

• ... por favor?

A common Brazilian pronunciation is roughly:

• senhora ≈ seh-NYO-ra

A few helpful notes:

• the nh sound is like the ny in canyon
• the o in -hora is usually not a strong English oh
• the stress is on -nho-

So:

• se = soft seh
• nho = nyo
• ra = light ra

Altogether: seh-NYO-ra

A common Brazilian pronunciation is roughly:

• repetir ≈ heh-peh-CHEER or heh-peh-TEER, depending on accent

A few things matter here:

1. Word-initial r
   In most Brazilian accents, the r at the beginning sounds like an English h or a throaty sound:

   • repetir begins with something like he-

2. Final r
   In Brazil, the final r can vary by region. Often it sounds soft, sometimes almost like h, sometimes more clearly pronounced.

3. Stress
   The stress is on the last syllable:

   • re-pe-TIR

So a simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• heh-peh-TEER

Yes, in many situations.

You could say:

• A senhora pode falar de novo, por favor?
• A senhora pode repetir, por favor?

Differences:

• repetir = repeat
• falar de novo = say it again / speak again

If you specifically want the person to repeat the question, repetir a pergunta is very clear and natural.

If the context already makes it obvious what needs to be repeated, people often shorten it to:

• Pode repetir, por favor?

Yes, Brazilians would say this, especially in a polite or formal context. It sounds correct and natural.

That said, in everyday conversation, people often use shorter versions such as:

• Pode repetir, por favor?
• Você pode repetir a pergunta, por favor?
• Repete a pergunta, por favor?
  
  • less formal
• Pode falar de novo, por favor?

So your sentence is natural, but it belongs more to the polite/formal side of everyday Brazilian Portuguese.