Portuguese · 112
Someone feels unwell in the street: what to say in Portuguese
Someone has been taken ill on the street. You call 112.
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How it's done. The 112 operator can give you first-aid instructions over the phone - don't hang up until you're told to.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Cento e doze, diga.SAYN-too ee doz, DEE-guh.
One-one-two, go ahead.
They might also say:
Emergência, qual é a situação?
Ee-mir-ZHAYN-syuh, kwahl eh uh see-too-uh-SOW?
Emergency services, what's the situation?
YOU REPLY
Está um senhor caído na rua.
Shtah oon snyor kuh-EE-doo nuh ROO-uh.
There's a man lying on the street.
THEY SAY
Está a respirar?Shtah uh rish-pee-RAHR?
Are they breathing?
2
YOU REPLY
Sim, respira, mas não fala.
Seen, rish-PEE-ruh, mahzh now FAH-luh.
Yes, they're breathing, but not speaking.
THEY SAY
Que idade tem, mais ou menos?K ee-DAHD tayn, mighz oh MEH-noosh?
How old are they, roughly?
3
YOU REPLY
Não sei, uns sessenta anos.
Now say, oonsh sih-SAYN-tuh AH-noosh.
I don't know, about sixty.
THEY SAY
Não mexa na pessoa. A ambulância vai a caminho.Now MEH-shuh nuh pih-SOH-uh. Uh uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh vigh uh kuh-MEE-nyoo.
Don't move the person. The ambulance is on its way.
They might also say:
Fique ao lado da pessoa.
Feek ow LAH-doo duh pih-SOH-uh.
Stay next to the person.
4
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
diga
DEE-guh
verb
say
Está
Shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
senhor
snyor
noun
sir
caído
kuh-EE-doo
adjective
fallen
rua
ROO-uh
noun
street
respirar
rish-pee-RAHR
verb
to breathe
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
respira
rish-PEE-ruh
verb
breathes
não
now
adverb
no
All the words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't 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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