Portuguese · A day at nursery
Ask how your child is settling in: what to say in Portuguese
Your child recently started nursery, and you ask how they're settling in.
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How it's done. Settling in is adaptação: está a adaptar-se bem - is settling in well.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
YOU START
Como é que ele se está a adaptar?
KOH-moo eh k el s shtah uh uh-duhp-TAHR?
How is he settling in?
THEY SAY
Está a adaptar-se muito bem.Shtah uh uh-duhp-TAHR-s MWEE-too bayn.
He's settling in very well.
2
YOU REPLY
Ele já tem amigos?
El zhah tayn uh-MEE-goosh?
Does he have friends yet?
THEY SAY
Brinca muito com a Inês.BREEN-kuh MWEE-too kohn uh ee-NESH.
He plays a lot with Inês.
They might also say:
Sim, é amigo da Inês.
Seen, eh uh-MEE-goo duh ee-NESH.
Yes, he is a friend of Inês.
3
YOU REPLY
Que bom ouvir isso!
K bohn oo-VEER EE-soo!
How good to hear that!
THEY SAY
Boa continuação!BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
All the best!
They might also say:
Até logo!
uh-TEH LOH-goo!
See you later!
4
YOU FINISH
Até logo!
uh-TEH LOH-goo!
See you later!
Or say:Igualmente! Até logo!
ee-gwuhl-MAYNT! uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
Como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
é
eh
verb
is
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
adaptar
uh-duhp-TAHR
verb
to adapt (se está a adaptar - is adapting)
adaptar-se
uh-duhp-TAHR-s
verb
to adapt, to settle in
muito
MWEE-too
adverb
very
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?
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