Portuguese · Hospital / Urgência
Visit a relative in hospital: visiting hours: what to say in Portuguese
A relative is in hospital, and you want to find out when you can visit.
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How it's done. Visiting hours depend on the ward; often only one visitor is let in at a time.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
YOU START
Qual é o horário das visitas?
Kwahl eh oo oo-RAH-ryoo duhzh vee-ZEE-tuhsh?
What are the visiting hours?
THEY SAY
Das duas às oito da noite.Duhzh DOO-uhz ahz OY-too duh noyt.
From two to eight in the evening.
They might also say:
Das catorze às vinte horas.
Duhsh kuh-TORZ ahzh veent OH-ruhsh.
From two to eight in the evening.
2
YOU REPLY
Posso visitar o meu marido?
POH-soo vee-zee-TAHR oo meh-oo muh-RIH-doo?
Can I visit my husband?
THEY SAY
Em que serviço está internado?Ayn k sir-VEE-soo shtah een-tir-NAH-doo?
Which ward is he in?
3
YOU REPLY
Está na ortopedia.
Shtah nuh oor-too-pih-DEE-uh.
He's in orthopaedics.
THEY SAY
Só pode entrar uma pessoa de cada vez.Soh pod ayn-TRAHR OO-muh pih-SOH-uh d KAH-duh vesh.
Only one person can go in at a time.
4
YOU FINISH
Está bem, obrigado.
Shtah bayn, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
All right, thank you.
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
é
eh
verb
is
horário
oo-RAH-ryoo
noun
timetable, schedule
visitas
vee-ZEE-tuhsh
noun
visits, visiting
noite
noyt
noun
evening
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
visitar
vee-zee-TAHR
verb
to visit
26 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?
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