Portuguese · SNS 24
The operator asks you to dictate your número de utente and phone number: what to say in Portuguese
The SNS 24 operator asks you to read out your patient number and phone number.
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How it's done. Portuguese people often read long numbers out three digits at a time: nove, um, dois - três, quatro, cinco…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
Diga-me o seu número de utente.DEE-guh-m oo seh-oo NOOM-roo d oo-TAYNT.
Tell me your patient number.
They might also say:
Qual é o seu contacto telefónico?
Kwahl eh oo seh-oo kohn-TAHK-too tlih-FOH-nee-koo?
What's your phone number?
YOU REPLY
É nove, um, dois, três, quatro, cinco.
Eh nov, oon, doysh, tresh, KWAH-troo, SEEN-koo.
It's nine, one, two, three, four, five.
THEY SAY
Repita, se faz favor, mais devagar.Rih-PEE-tuh, s fahsh fuh-VOR, mighzh dvuh-GAHR.
Please repeat it more slowly.
They might also say:
Muito bem, já está.
MWEE-too bayn, zhah shtah.
Very good, got it.
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YOU FINISH
Está bem. Obrigado.
shtah bayn. oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right. Thank you.
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
Diga-me
DEE-guh-m
verb
tell me
número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
utente
oo-TAYNT
noun
patient, user of services
É
Eh
verb
is
Repita
Rih-PEE-tuh
verb
repeat
faz
fahsh
verb
does, makes
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?
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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