Portuguese · Operação stop
The officer asks where you are going and whose car it is: what to say in Portuguese
At a checkpoint the police officer asks where you're going and whose car it is.
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How it's done. At a checkpoint answer briefly and calmly, keep your hands in view; you can say you don't speak Portuguese well.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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Para onde vai?Pruh ohnd vigh?
Where are you going?
They might also say:
Vai para onde?
Vigh pruh ohnd?
Where are you going?
YOU REPLY
Vou para o trabalho.
Voh pruh oo truh-BAH-lyoo.
I'm going to work.
THEY SAY
Bebeu alguma coisa hoje?Bih-BEH-oo uhl-GOO-muh KOY-zuh ohzh?
Have you had anything to drink today?
2
YOU REPLY
Não, não bebi nada.
Now, now bih-BEE NAH-duh.
No, I haven't had anything to drink.
THEY SAY
Sopre aqui, se faz favor.Sopr uh-KEE, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Blow in here, please.
3
YOU REPLY
Assim?
Uh-SEEN?
Like this?
THEY SAY
Está tudo em ordem. Boa viagem.Shtah TOO-doo ayn OR-dayn. BOH-uh vee-AH-zhayn.
Everything's in order. Safe journey.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too 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
onde
ohnd
adverb
where
vai
vigh
verb
goes
Vou
Voh
verb
(I) go
trabalho
truh-BAH-lyoo
noun
work
Bebeu
Bih-BEH-oo
verb
drank (did you drink?)
coisa
KOY-zuh
noun
thing
20 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Não falo bem português.
Now FAH-loo bayn poor-too-GESH.
I don't speak Portuguese well.
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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