Portuguese · Farmácia
The medicine is out of stock: order it and come back tomorrow: what to say in Portuguese
The medicine you need isn't at the pharmacy, and the pharmacist offers to order it.
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How it's done. If a medicine is out of stock, the pharmacy often orders it for the next day - ask Pode encomendar?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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Esse medicamento está esgotado.Es mih-dee-kuh-MAYN-too shtah zhgoo-TAH-doo.
That medicine is out of stock.
They might also say:
Não temos, mas posso encomendar.
Now TEH-moosh, mahsh POH-soo ayn-koo-mayn-DAHR.
We don't have it, but I can order it.
YOU REPLY
Há outro igual?
Uh OH-troo ee-GWAHL?
Is there an equivalent?
THEY SAY
Tenho este, com a mesma substância.TEH-nyoo esht, kohn uh MEZH-muh soobsh-TAHN-syuh.
I have this one, with the same active substance.
2
YOU REPLY
Quando é que chega?
KWAHN-doo eh k SHEH-guh?
When will it arrive?
THEY SAY
Amanhã à tarde já está cá.Uh-muh-NYAHN uh tahrd zhah shtah kah.
It'll be here by tomorrow afternoon.
3
YOU REPLY
Então encomende, por favor.
Ayn-TOW ayn-koo-MAYND, poor fuh-VOR.
Then please order it.
THEY SAY
Combinado.kom-bee-NAH-doo.
Agreed.
They might also say:
Está combinado.
shtah kom-bee-NAH-doo.
It's agreed.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até amanhã!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH uh-muh-NYAHN!
Thank you, see you tomorrow!
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.
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Words worth knowing
medicamento
mih-dee-kuh-MAYN-too
noun
medicine, drug
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
esgotado
zhgoo-TAH-doo
adjective
out of stock, sold out
Há
Uh
verb
there is, there are
igual
ee-GWAHL
adjective
the same, equivalent
Tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
23 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?
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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