Portuguese · Operação stop
The police stop you and ask for documents: what to say in Portuguese
The police stop your car for a check and ask for documents.
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How it's done. Always carry your driving licence, ID, car documents and insurance when driving.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
Boa tarde. Documentos, se faz favor.BOH-uh tahrd. Doo-koo-MAYN-toosh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Good afternoon. Documents, please.
They might also say:
Carta de condução e documentos da viatura.
KAHR-tuh d kohn-doo-SOW ee doo-koo-MAYN-toozh duh vyuh-TOO-ruh.
Driving licence and vehicle documents.
YOU REPLY
Aqui tem.
Uh-KEE tayn.
Here you are.
Or say:Um momento, estão no porta-luvas.
Oon moo-MAYN-too, shtow noo POR-tuh-LOO-vuhsh.
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.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, boa continuação!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
Thank you, all the best!
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
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
tarde
tahrd
noun
afternoon
Documentos
Doo-koo-MAYN-toosh
noun
documents
faz
fahsh
verb
does, makes
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Aqui
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
9 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.
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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