Portuguese · Hospital / Urgência
The doctor explains the diagnosis and what to do next: what to say in Portuguese
The doctor explains the diagnosis and what to do next. You need to grasp the main points.
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How it's done. After the urgência you're given a discharge report (relatório) - show it to your family doctor afterwards.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
Não é nada partido, é só uma entorse.Now eh NAH-duh puhr-TEE-doo, eh soh OO-muh ayn-TORS.
Nothing's broken, it's just a sprain.
They might also say:
Vamos fazer um raio-X para confirmar.
VAH-moosh fuh-ZEHR oon RIGH-oo-sheesh pruh kohn-feer-MAHR.
We'll do an X-ray to confirm.
YOU REPLY
O que tenho de fazer?
Oo k TEH-nyoo d fuh-ZEHR?
What do I have to do?
THEY SAY
Tem de repousar e tomar anti-inflamatório.Tayn d rih-poo-ZAHR ee too-MAHR AHN-tee-een-fluh-muh-TOH-ryoo.
You need to rest and take an anti-inflammatory.
2
YOU REPLY
Quanto tempo tenho de repousar?
KWAHN-too TEM-poo TEH-nyoo d rih-poo-ZAHR?
How long do I have to rest?
THEY SAY
Uma semana, e depois vá ao médico de família.OO-muh sih-MAH-nuh, ee dih-POYZH vah ow MEH-dee-koo d fuh-MEE-lyuh.
A week, and then go to your family doctor.
3
YOU REPLY
Tenho de voltar cá?
TEH-nyoo d vool-TAHR kah?
Do I have to come back?
THEY SAY
Só se piorar.Soh s pee-oo-RAHR.
Only if it gets worse.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
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
Não
Now
adverb
no
é
eh
verb
is
partido
puhr-TEE-doo
adjective
broken, smashed
só
soh
adverb
only, just
entorse
ayn-TORS
noun
sprain (of ligaments)
tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
26 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?
Fala inglês?
FAH-luh een-GLESH?
Do you speak English?
Similar situations
Take your child to the children's urgênciaHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
→Ask about discharge and documentsHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
→Visit a relative in hospital: visiting hoursHospital / Urgência · A1 in the app
→Arrive at the urgência: registration and triage with a coloured wristbandHospital / Urgência · A2 in the app
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