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Exchange your Ukrainian driving licence: what to say in Portuguese
You want to exchange your Ukrainian driving licence for a Portuguese one.
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How it's done. The rules for exchanging a licence depend on your status and the country of issue; the current list of documents is on the IMT website.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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YOU START
Queria trocar a minha carta de condução ucraniana.
KREE-uh troo-KAHR uh MEE-nyuh KAHR-tuh d kohn-doo-SOW oo-kruh-nee-AH-nuh.
I'd like to exchange my Ukrainian driving licence.
Or say:Posso conduzir com a carta da Ucrânia?
POH-soo kohn-doo-ZEER kohn uh KAHR-tuh duh oo-KRAH-nyuh?
THEY SAY
Tem de fazer o pedido de troca.Tayn d fuh-ZEHR oo pih-DEE-doo d TROH-kuh.
You have to submit an exchange application.
They might also say:
Depende da sua situação em Portugal.
Dih-PAYND duh SOO-uh see-too-uh-SOW ayn poor-too-GAHL.
It depends on your situation in Portugal.
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YOU REPLY
Que documentos preciso?
K doo-koo-MAYN-toosh prih-SIH-zoo?
Which documents do I need?
THEY SAY
Está tudo no site do IMT.Shtah TOO-doo noo sight doo ee-em-teh.
It's all on the IMT website.
They might also say:
Eu dou-lhe a lista.
Eh-oo doh-ly uh LEESH-tuh.
I'll give you the list.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
trocar
troo-KAHR
verb
to exchange
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
condução
kohn-doo-SOW
noun
driving (carta de condução - driving licence)
ucraniana
oo-kruh-nee-AH-nuh
adjective
Ukrainian (woman)
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
18 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 escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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