Portuguese · IPO
Book a vehicle inspection: what to say in Portuguese
It's time for the compulsory vehicle inspection (IPO), and you book it.
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How it's done. IPO is the compulsory vehicle inspection at special centres (centros de inspeção); you book by phone or online.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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1
YOU START
Bom dia. Queria marcar a inspeção do carro.
Bohn DEE-uh. KREE-uh muhr-KAHR uh eensh-pih-SOW doo KAH-roo.
Good morning. I'd like to book an inspection for my car.
Or say:Posso fazer a inspeção sem marcação?
POH-soo fuh-ZEHR uh eensh-pih-SOW sayn muhr-kuh-SOW?
THEY SAY
Qual é a matrícula?Kwahl eh uh muh-TREE-koo-luh?
What's the registration number?
They might also say:
Diga-me a matrícula, se faz favor.
DEE-guh-m uh muh-TREE-koo-luh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Tell me the registration number, please.
2
YOU REPLY
É AB, vinte e três, CD.
Eh uh-beh, veent ee tresh, seh-deh.
It's AB, twenty-three, CD.
THEY SAY
Tenho vaga na terça às dez.TEH-nyoo VAH-guh nuh TEHR-suh ahzh desh.
I have a slot on Tuesday at ten.
3
YOU REPLY
Terça às dez está bem.
TEHR-suh ahzh dezh shtah bayn.
Tuesday at ten is fine.
THEY SAY
Combinado.kom-bee-NAH-doo.
Agreed.
They might also say:
Está combinado.
shtah kom-bee-NAH-doo.
It's agreed.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até terça!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH TEHR-suh!
Thank you, see you on Tuesday!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
marcar
muhr-KAHR
verb
to enter (a code)
inspeção
eensh-pih-SOW
noun
vehicle inspection
carro
KAH-roo
noun
car
21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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