Portuguese · AIMA
Biometrics: photo and fingerprints: what to say in Portuguese
AIMA takes biometrics: a photo and fingerprints. The officer gives short instructions.
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How it's done. Biometrics instructions are short: olhe para a câmara - look at the camera, ponha o dedo - place your finger.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
Olhe para a câmara, se faz favor.Oly pruh uh KAH-muh-ruh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Look at the camera, please.
They might also say:
Olhe para a câmara, por favor.
Oly pruh uh KAH-muh-ruh, poor fuh-VOR.
Look at the camera, please.
YOU REPLY
Assim está bem?
Uh-SEEN shtah bayn?
Is this right?
THEY SAY
Não se mexa. Pronto, já está.Now s MEH-shuh. PROHN-too, zhah shtah.
Don't move. There, done.
2
YOU REPLY
E agora?
Ee uh-GOH-ruh?
And now?
THEY SAY
Ponha o dedo aqui.POH-nyuh oo DEH-doo uh-KEE.
Place your finger here.
3
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
Olhe
Oly
verb
look
câmara
KAH-muh-ruh
noun
camera
faz
fahsh
verb
does, makes
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Assim
Uh-SEEN
adverb
so, in this way
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
15 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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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