Portuguese · Farmácia
The pharmacist asks about your symptoms: what to say in Portuguese
The pharmacist asks about your symptoms to recommend medicine.
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How it's done. Tosse seca - dry cough, tosse com expetoração - chesty cough; this is often asked at the pharmacy.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
Que sintomas tem?K seen-TOH-moosh tayn?
What symptoms do you have?
They might also say:
Quais são os sintomas?
Kwighsh sow oosh seen-TOH-moosh?
What are the symptoms?
YOU REPLY
É tosse seca, há dois dias.
Eh tos SEH-kuh, uh doyzh DEE-uhsh.
It's a dry cough, for two days.
THEY SAY
Toma algum medicamento?TOH-muh uhl-GOON mih-dee-kuh-MAYN-too?
Are you taking any medication?
2
YOU REPLY
Não, nenhum.
Now, nih-NYOON.
No, none.
THEY SAY
Então recomendo este xarope.Ayn-TOW rih-koo-MAYN-doo esht shuh-ROP.
Then I recommend this syrup.
3
YOU REPLY
Está bem, levo esse.
Shtah bayn, LEH-voo es.
All right, I'll take that one.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
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
sintomas
seen-TOH-moosh
noun
symptoms
tem
tayn
verb
have
É
Eh
verb
is
tosse
tos
noun
cough
seca
SEH-kuh
adjective
dry (feminine)
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
18 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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