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The clerk explains which documents you need: what to say in Portuguese
An IMT officer explains which documents you need to exchange your licence.
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How it's done. To exchange a licence you often need a medical certificate (atestado médico) - a doctor issues it, and it has a validity period.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
Precisa da carta original e de um atestado médico.Prih-SIH-zuh duh KAHR-tuh oo-rih-zhee-NAHL ee d oon uh-tish-TAH-doo MEH-dee-koo.
You need the original licence and a medical certificate.
They might also say:
Precisa de trazer a carta original e um atestado médico.
Prih-SEE-zuh d truh-ZEHR uh KAHR-tuh oo-rih-zhee-NAHL ee oon uh-tish-TAH-doo MEH-dee-koo.
You need to bring the original licence and a medical certificate.
YOU REPLY
Onde tiro o atestado médico?
Ohnd TEE-roo oo uh-tish-TAH-doo MEH-dee-koo?
Where do I get the medical certificate?
THEY SAY
No médico de família ou num médico privado.Noo MEH-dee-koo d fuh-MEE-lyuh oh noon MEH-dee-koo prih-VAH-doo.
From your family doctor or a private doctor.
2
YOU REPLY
E a minha carta ucraniana?
Ee uh MEE-nyuh KAHR-tuh oo-kruh-nee-AH-nuh?
And my Ukrainian licence?
THEY SAY
A carta estrangeira fica connosco.Uh KAHR-tuh shtrahn-ZHAY-ruh FEE-kuh koo-NOSH-koo.
The foreign licence stays with us.
3
YOU REPLY
E enquanto espero, posso conduzir?
Ee ayn-KWAHN-too SHPEH-roo, POH-soo kohn-doo-ZEER?
And while I wait, can I drive?
THEY SAY
Recebe uma guia que serve de carta.Rih-SEB OO-muh GEE-uh k sehrv d KAHR-tuh.
You'll get a temporary slip ("guia") that serves as a licence.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
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.
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Words worth knowing
Precisa
Prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
original
oo-rih-zhee-NAHL
noun
original
atestado
uh-tish-TAH-doo
noun
certificate (document)
médico
MEH-dee-koo
noun
doctor
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
29 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, 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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