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The clerk asks: standard or registered: what to say in Portuguese
At the post office they ask: ordinary letter or registered?
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How it's done. Registado - registered mail with a tracking number; important documents are better sent this way.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
É correio normal ou registado?Eh koo-RAY-oo noor-MAHL oh rih-zheesh-TAH-doo?
Is it ordinary mail or registered?
They might also say:
Quer correio normal ou registado?
Kehr koo-RAY-oo noor-MAHL oh rih-zheesh-TAH-doo?
Do you want normal or registered mail?
YOU REPLY
Qual é a diferença?
Kwahl eh uh dee-fih-RAYN-suh?
What's the difference?
THEY SAY
O registado tem número para seguir.Oo rih-zheesh-TAH-doo tayn NOOM-roo pruh sih-GEER.
Registered mail has a number you can track.
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YOU REPLY
Registado, por favor.
Rih-zheesh-TAH-doo, poor fuh-VOR.
Registered, please.
THEY SAY
Quer com aviso de receção?Kehr kohn uh-VEE-zoo d rih-seh-SOW?
Do you want a notice of receipt?
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YOU FINISH
Não, obrigado.
Now, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
No, thank you.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
É
Eh
verb
is
correio
koo-RAY-oo
noun
post
normal
noor-MAHL
adjective
normal, ordinary
registado
rih-zheesh-TAH-doo
adjective
registered
diferença
dee-fih-RAYN-suh
noun
difference
tem
tayn
verb
have
16 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
O que quer dizer isto?
Oo k kehr dee-ZEHR EESH-too?
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