Portuguese · Hospital / Urgência
Find out how long you will wait and where to go: what to say in Portuguese
You've been in the waiting room a long time and want to know how much longer and where to go.
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How it's done. In many hospitals the screens show a patient's number or name and the room - watch the screen.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
O tempo de espera é de duas horas.Oo TEM-poo d SHPEH-ruh eh d DOO-uhz OH-ruhsh.
The waiting time is two hours.
They might also say:
Vão chamar pelo nome no ecrã.
Vow shuh-MAHR PEH-loo nohm noo eh-KRAHN.
You'll be called by name on the screen.
YOU REPLY
Ainda falta muito?
Uh-EEN-duh FAHL-tuh MWEE-too?
Is there much longer to wait?
THEY SAY
Há mais três pessoas antes de si.Uh mighsh tresh pih-SOH-uhz AHN-tizh d see.
There are three more people before you.
2
YOU REPLY
Está bem, obrigado.
Shtah bayn, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right, thank you.
THEY SAY
Vá para o gabinete três.Vah pruh oo guh-bee-NET tresh.
Go to room three.
3
YOU REPLY
Onde é o gabinete três?
Ohnd eh oo guh-bee-NET tresh?
Where's room three?
THEY SAY
Ao fundo do corredor, à direita.Ow FOON-doo doo koo-rih-DOR, uh dih-RAY-tuh.
At the end of the corridor, on the right.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
tempo
TEM-poo
noun
time
espera
SHPEH-ruh
noun
wait (à espera - waiting)
é
eh
verb
is
horas
OH-ruhsh
noun
hours
Ainda
Uh-EEN-duh
adverb
still, yet
falta
FAHL-tuh
verb
is missing
23 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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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