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Ask for someone who speaks English: what to say in Portuguese
You find it hard to explain in Portuguese. You ask someone who speaks English.
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How it's done. There is a public telephone interpreting service (Serviço de Tradução Telefónica): in 2022 Ukrainian was added to its languages.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
Desculpe, há alguém que fale inglês?
Dish-KOOLP, uh uhl-GAYN k fahl een-GLESH?
Excuse me, is there anyone who speaks English?
THEY SAY
Aqui ninguém fala inglês, desculpe.Uh-KEE neen-GAYN FAH-luh een-GLESH, dish-KOOLP.
Nobody here speaks English, sorry.
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YOU REPLY
Podemos usar o tradutor do telemóvel?
Poo-DEH-mooz oo-ZAHR oo truh-doo-TOR doo tlih-MOH-vel?
Can we use the translator on the phone?
THEY SAY
Fale devagar, que eu percebo.Fahl dvuh-GAHR, k eh-oo pir-SEH-boo.
Speak slowly, and I'll understand.
They might also say:
Fale devagar, por favor, que eu percebo.
Fahl dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR, k eh-oo pir-SEH-boo.
Speak slowly, please, and I'll understand.
3
YOU REPLY
Vou mostrar no telemóvel.
Voh moosh-TRAHR noo tlih-MOH-vel.
I'll show you on my phone.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Speaking as:
Words worth knowing
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
fale
fahl
verb
speak, contact
inglês
een-GLESH
noun
English (the language)
Aqui
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
fala
FAH-luh
verb
speak
Podemos
Poo-DEH-mooz
verb
(we) can
usar
oo-ZAHR
verb
to use
tradutor
truh-doo-TOR
noun
translator
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If you did not understand
Não falo bem português.
Now FAH-loo bayn poor-too-GESH.
I don't speak Portuguese well.
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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