Tem uma vaga de garagem disponível neste condomínio?

Yes—literally, tem is the he/she/it form of ter and often means has. But in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, tem is also very commonly used to mean there is or there are.

So:

• Tem uma vaga de garagem... = Is there a parking space... ?
• Literally, it looks like Has a parking space... ?, but that is not how it functions here.

This is one of the most common features of spoken Brazilian Portuguese.

Yes. Há is also correct and means there is/there are.

Compare:

• Tem uma vaga de garagem disponível neste condomínio? → very natural, common in speech
• Há uma vaga de garagem disponível neste condomínio? → correct, a bit more formal or written
• Existe uma vaga de garagem disponível neste condomínio? → also correct, neutral

In Brazil, tem is usually the most natural choice in conversation.

In this sentence, vaga means parking space or parking spot.

The word vaga can have other meanings too, depending on context:

• job opening → uma vaga de emprego
• empty spot/space
• vacancy

Here, because of de garagem, it specifically means a space in a garage or parking area.

Because garagem means garage, while vaga de garagem means a parking space in a garage/parking area.

So:

• garagem = the garage itself
• vaga de garagem = one individual parking spot

This distinction is important. If you ask for garagem, you may sound like you are talking about the whole garage, not one space.

Uma is the feminine singular indefinite article, meaning a or one.

It agrees with vaga, which is a feminine noun:

• uma vaga
• not um vaga

It is used because the speaker is asking whether a/any parking space is available.

In Portuguese, adjectives often come after the noun, much more often than in English.

So:

• uma vaga de garagem disponível
• literally: a parking space available

That word order is completely natural in Portuguese.

You could think of it as:

• noun first
• description after

Good question. Many adjectives in Portuguese change form for gender and number, but disponível is one of the adjectives that has the same form for masculine and feminine singular.

So you get:

• uma vaga disponível
• um apartamento disponível

But the plural changes:

• vagas disponíveis
• apartamentos disponíveis

So in this sentence, disponível stays the same because it is singular.

Neste means in this.

It is a contraction of:

• em
  • este = neste

So:

• neste condomínio = in this condominium / in this apartment complex

Other similar contractions:

• em + esta = nesta
• em + esse = nesse
• em + essa = nessa

Traditionally:

• neste = in this (something closer to the speaker)
• nesse = in that (something closer to the listener or previously mentioned)

In real Brazilian Portuguese, especially in speech, este and esse are often not kept strictly separate. Many speakers use esse/nesse much more often than traditional grammar would suggest.

So:

• neste condomínio sounds correct and clear
• nesse condomínio may also be heard in natural conversation, depending on context

In Brazilian Portuguese, condomínio often refers to a residential building or housing complex with shared areas and controlled access.

Depending on context, it can mean something like:

• an apartment building
• a condo building
• a gated residential complex

So neste condomínio usually means in this apartment complex / in this residential building or complex.

Portuguese usually does not require inversion like English does.

In English:

• Is there a parking space available...?

In Portuguese, you can often keep normal statement word order and just use intonation or a question mark:

• Tem uma vaga de garagem disponível neste condomínio?

That is completely natural.

So Portuguese often forms yes/no questions by:

• keeping the same word order
• changing the tone of voice
• or, in writing, adding ?

Yes, in a way. In this use, tem is acting impersonally, similar to there is in English.

There is no real subject like he, she, or it. The sentence is not saying that some specific person has a parking space. It is using tem in the existential sense:

• Tem uma vaga... = There is a parking space...

So even though tem is normally a verb form meaning has, here it works more like an impersonal expression.

Yes, absolutely. That would mean Are there parking spaces available in this condominium?

Notice the plural agreement:

• vagas
• disponíveis

Compare:

• Tem uma vaga de garagem disponível... = Is there one / a parking space available...?
• Tem vagas de garagem disponíveis... = Are there parking spaces available...?

In Brazilian Portuguese, tem is pronounced with a nasal sound, roughly like teyng but without a full final g sound. The vowel is nasalized.

A rough learner-friendly guide:

• tem ≈ tẽj / tẽĩ

The important part is that it is not pronounced like English tem with a plain vowel.

Also, stress in the sentence falls naturally on words like:

• vaga
• disponível
• condomínio

And condomínio is stressed on ní:

• con-do-MÍ-ni-o

By itself, the sentence only asks whether a parking space is available. It does not specify exactly what kind of availability.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• available for use
• available for rent
• available for sale
• currently unoccupied

If you want to be more specific, you would add more information, for example:

• Tem uma vaga de garagem para alugar neste condomínio? = Is there a parking space for rent in this condominium?
• Tem uma vaga de garagem à venda neste condomínio? = Is there a parking space for sale in this condominium?