Portuguese · Loja do Cidadão
Get a copy of a document certified: what to say in Portuguese
You need a certified copy of a document.
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How it's done. A copy can be certified (cópia certificada), for example, at the Junta de Freguesia, a CTT post office or a notary; take the original with you.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
Preciso de uma cópia certificada do passaporte.
Prih-SIH-zoo d OO-muh KOH-pyuh sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh doo puh-suh-PORT.
I need a certified copy of my passport.
THEY SAY
Tem o original?Tayn oo oo-rih-zhee-NAHL?
Do you have the original?
They might also say:
Trouxe o original?
Tros oo oo-rih-zhee-NAHL?
Did you bring the original?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, está aqui o original.
Seen, shtah uh-KEE oo oo-rih-zhee-NAHL.
Yes, here's the original.
THEY SAY
Aqui não fazemos. Vá à junta de freguesia.Uh-KEE now fuh-ZEH-moosh. Vah uh ZHOON-tuh d frih-gih-ZEE-uh.
We don't do that here. Go to the parish council.
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YOU FINISH
Está bem, obrigado.
Shtah bayn, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right, thank you.
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
Preciso
Prih-SIH-zoo
verb
(I) need
cópia
KOH-pyuh
noun
copy
certificada
sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh
adjective
certified (feminine)
passaporte
puh-suh-PORT
noun
passport
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
original
oo-rih-zhee-NAHL
noun
original
15 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?
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