Portuguese · Hospital / Urgência
Take your child to the children's urgência: what to say in Portuguese
You bring your child to the paediatric emergency department (urgência pediátrica).
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How it's done. Large hospitals have a separate urgência pediátrica for children; check where exactly to go at the entrance.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
Boa noite. A minha filha tem febre alta.
BOH-uh noyt. Uh MEE-nyuh FEE-lyuh tayn febr AHL-tuh.
Good evening. My daughter has a high temperature.
THEY SAY
Quantos anos tem?KWAHN-tooz AH-noosh tayn?
How old is she?
They might also say:
Que idade tem a sua filha?
K ee-DAHD tayn uh SOO-uh FEE-lyuh?
How old is your daughter?
2
YOU REPLY
Tem dois anos.
Tayn doyz AH-noosh.
She's two.
THEY SAY
Deu-lhe algum medicamento?Deh-oo-ly uhl-GOON mih-dee-kuh-MAYN-too?
Did you give her any medication?
3
YOU REPLY
Dei paracetamol há duas horas.
Day puh-ruh-see-tuh-MOL uh DOO-uhz OH-ruhsh.
I gave her paracetamol two hours ago.
THEY SAY
Fica anotado.FEE-kuh uh-noo-TAH-doo.
Noted.
They might also say:
Está registado.
shtah rih-zheesh-TAH-doo.
It's registered.
4
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
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
noite
noyt
noun
evening
filha
FEE-lyuh
noun
daughter
tem
tayn
verb
have
febre
febr
noun
temperature, fever
alta
AHL-tuh
adjective
high
16 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?
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
Similar situations
Ask about discharge and documentsHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
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→Arrive at the urgência: registration and triage with a coloured wristbandHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
→The triage nurse asks what happenedHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
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