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Have blood tests done: registration and queue ticket: what to say in Portuguese

Time for tests: first registration and a ticket.

Dentista / Análises6 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. At the laboratory you usually take a ticket (senha) and wait to be called; bring the doctor's referral with you.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Tem a requisição do médico?
Tayn uh rih-kee-zee-SOW doo MEH-dee-koo?
Do you have the doctor's request?
YOU REPLY
Sim, está aqui a requisição.
Seen, shtah uh-KEE uh rih-kee-zee-SOW.
Yes, here's the request.
THEY SAY
Tire uma senha, se faz favor.
Teer OO-muh SEH-nyuh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Take a ticket, please.
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YOU REPLY
Onde tiro a senha?
Ohnd TEE-roo uh SEH-nyuh?
Where do I get a ticket?
THEY SAY
Na máquina à entrada.
Nuh MAH-kee-nuh uh ayn-TRAH-duh.
From the machine at the entrance.
They might also say:
Ali, na máquina, à entrada.
Uh-LEE, nuh MAH-kee-nuh, uh ayn-TRAH-duh.
Over there, at the machine by the entrance.
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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!

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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Tem
Tayn
verb
have
requisição
rih-kee-zee-SOW
noun
request (a doctor's referral)
médico
MEH-dee-koo
noun
doctor
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here

16 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?

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