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The lab technician asks if you have fasted (Está em jejum?): what to say in Portuguese
Before a blood test the lab technician asks whether you're fasting.
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How it's done. For many blood tests you're asked not to eat for 8-12 hours; check this in advance.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
Está em jejum?Shtah ayn zhih-ZHOON?
Are you fasting?
They might also say:
Veio em jejum?
VAY-oo ayn zhih-ZHOON?
Did you come fasting?
YOU REPLY
Sim, estou em jejum.
Seen, shtoh ayn zhih-ZHOON.
Yes, I'm fasting.
THEY SAY
Muito bem. Sente-se, por favor.MWEE-too bayn. Saynt-s, poor fuh-VOR.
Very good. Please have a seat.
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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
Está
Shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
jejum
zhih-ZHOON
noun
fast (em jejum - on an empty stomach)
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
estou
shtoh
verb
I am
Muito
MWEE-too
adverb
very
bem
bayn
adverb
well
7 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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