Portuguese · Hospital / Urgência
Ask about discharge and documents: what to say in Portuguese
You're being discharged, and you want to understand which documents you'll get.
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How it's done. A hospital discharge report is usually also available in your SNS personal account - it's worth registering.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Já pode ir para casa.Zhah pod eer pruh KAH-zuh.
You can go home now.
They might also say:
Vou dar-lhe alta.
Voh dahr-ly AHL-tuh.
I'm going to discharge you.
YOU REPLY
Recebo algum relatório?
Rih-SEH-boo uhl-GOON rih-luh-TOH-ryoo?
Will I get a report?
THEY SAY
Sim, está aqui o relatório.Seen, shtah uh-KEE oo rih-luh-TOH-ryoo.
Yes, here's the report.
2
YOU REPLY
Preciso de uma declaração para o trabalho.
Prih-SIH-zoo d OO-muh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW pruh oo truh-BAH-lyoo.
I need a certificate for work.
THEY SAY
Peça a declaração no balcão da saída.PEH-suh uh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW noo buhl-KOW duh suh-EE-duh.
Ask for the certificate at the desk by the exit.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Já
Zhah
adverb
already
pode
pod
verb
can
ir
eer
verb
to go
casa
KAH-zuh
noun
house
Recebo
Rih-SEH-boo
verb
(I) receive
relatório
rih-luh-TOH-ryoo
noun
report
18 more 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?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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