Portuguese · Urgência
Your child is hurt: explain quickly: what to say in Portuguese
A child has been hurt. At the urgência you need to explain quickly what happened.
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How it's done. At the urgência, patients are sorted by the colour of their wristband (pulseira): red and orange are the most urgent, with green or blue you can wait for hours.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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1
YOU START
O meu filho caiu e bateu com a cabeça.
Oo meh-oo FEE-lyoo kuh-EE-oo ee buh-TEH-oo kohn uh kuh-BEH-suh.
My son fell and hit his head.
THEY SAY
Perdeu os sentidos?Pir-DEH-oo oosh sayn-TEE-doosh?
Did they lose consciousness?
2
YOU REPLY
Não, mas chora muito e tem sono.
Now, mahsh SHOH-ruh MWEE-too ee tayn SOH-noo.
No, but they're crying a lot and are sleepy.
THEY SAY
Vomitou?Voo-mee-TOH?
Did they vomit?
3
YOU REPLY
Sim, vomitou uma vez.
Seen, voo-mee-TOH OO-muh vesh.
Yes, they vomited once.
THEY SAY
Vamos ver já. Sente-se ali com a criança.VAH-moozh vehr zhah. Saynt-s uh-LEE kohn uh kree-AHN-suh.
We'll see them right away. Sit over there with the child.
They might also say:
Pulseira laranja: o médico vem já.
Pool-SAY-ruh luh-RAHN-zhuh: oo MEH-dee-koo vayn zhah.
Orange wristband: the doctor will be right with you.
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
filho
FEE-lyoo
noun
son
caiu
kuh-EE-oo
verb
fell
bateu
buh-TEH-oo
verb
hit, knocked
cabeça
kuh-BEH-suh
noun
head
Perdeu
Pir-DEH-oo
verb
lost (did you lose?)
sentidos
sayn-TEE-doosh
noun
senses
Não
Now
adverb
no
chora
SHOH-ruh
verb
cries
muito
MWEE-too
adverb
very
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?
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
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