Portuguese · PSP / GNR
A child is lost: what to say in Portuguese
A child is lost. You go to a police officer.
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How it's done. In shopping centres and on beaches, go straight to security or a lifeguard (nadador-salvador): they pass on the child's description quickly.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
YOU START
Socorro! Ajude-me, por favor!
Soo-KOH-roo! Uh-ZHOOD-m, poor fuh-VOR!
Help! Please help me!
THEY SAY
Calma. O que se passa?KAHL-muh. Oo k s PAH-suh?
Calm down. What's going on?
2
YOU REPLY
Não encontro o meu filho!
Now ayn-KOHN-troo oo meh-oo FEE-lyoo!
I can't find my son!
THEY SAY
Que idade tem a criança?K ee-DAHD tayn uh kree-AHN-suh?
How old is the child?
3
YOU REPLY
Tem cinco anos.
Tayn SEEN-koo AH-noosh.
They're five years old.
THEY SAY
O que é que tem vestido?Oo k eh k tayn vish-TEE-doo?
What are they wearing?
4
YOU REPLY
Tem uma camisola vermelha e calças azuis.
Tayn OO-muh kuh-mee-ZOH-luh vir-MEH-lyuh ee KAHL-suhz uh-ZOOYSH.
A red sweater and blue trousers.
THEY SAY
Vamos avisar todas as patrulhas.VAH-mooz uh-vee-ZAHR TOH-duhz uhsh puh-TROO-lyuhsh.
We'll alert all the patrols.
They might also say:
Fique aqui, pode ser que a criança volte.
Feek uh-KEE, pod sehr k uh kree-AHN-suh volt.
Stay here, the child may come back.
5
YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado pela ajuda!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo PEH-luh uh-ZHOO-duh!
Thank you very much for your help!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Speaking as:
Words worth knowing
Ajude-me
Uh-ZHOOD-m
verb
help me
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Calma
KAHL-muh
noun
calm
passa
PAH-suh
verb
happens (o que se passa - what's going on)
Não
Now
adverb
no
encontro
ayn-KOHN-troo
verb
(I) find
filho
FEE-lyoo
noun
son
idade
ee-DAHD
noun
age
tem
tayn
verb
have
All the 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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