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You lost your passport: report it to the PSP: what to say in Portuguese

You've lost your passport. You go to the PSP to report the loss.

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How it's done. For a lost document, first report it to the PSP or GNR; with the loss report you can get a passport replaced at the Ukrainian consulate and a residence card at AIMA.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
Quero participar a perda de um documento.
KEH-roo puhr-tee-see-PAHR uh PEHR-duh d oon doo-koo-MAYN-too.
I want to report the loss of a document.
THEY SAY
Que documento é?
K doo-koo-MAYN-too eh?
Which document is it?
They might also say:
Qual é o documento?
Kwahl eh oo doo-koo-MAYN-too?
Which document is it?
2
YOU REPLY
É o passaporte ucraniano.
Eh oo puh-suh-PORT oo-kruh-NYAH-noo.
It's my Ukrainian passport.
THEY SAY
Onde e quando é que o perdeu?
Ohnd ee KWAHN-doo eh k oo pir-DEH-oo?
Where and when did you lose it?
3
YOU REPLY
Acho que foi no comboio, ontem.
AH-shoo k foy noo kom-BOY-oo, OHN-tayn.
I think it was on the train, yesterday.
THEY SAY
Vou fazer o auto de perda. Assine aqui.
Voh fuh-ZEHR oo OW-too d PEHR-duh. Uh-SEEN uh-KEE.
I'll fill in the loss report. Sign here.
4
YOU FINISH
Pronto, assinado. Obrigado!
PROHN-too, uh-see-NAH-doo. oh-bree-GAH-doo!
There, signed. Thank you!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Speaking as:

Words worth knowing

Quero
KEH-roo
verb
(I) want
participar
puhr-tee-see-PAHR
verb
to report, to notify (officially)
perda
PEHR-duh
noun
loss
documento
doo-koo-MAYN-too
noun
document
é
eh
verb
is
passaporte
puh-suh-PORT
noun
passport
ucraniano
oo-kruh-NYAH-noo
adjective
Ukrainian (man)
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
quando
KWAHN-doo
adverb
when

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If you did not understand

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Can you write it down, please?

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