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Ask when your child can come back after an illness: what to say in Portuguese

The child is recovering, and you ask when they can go back to nursery.

Child is ill5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. They often ask that a child has had no temperature for at least a day before coming back.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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YOU START
Quando é que ele pode voltar?
KWAHN-doo eh k el pod vool-TAHR?
When can he come back?
Or say:Ela já não tem febre. Pode vir amanhã?
EH-luh zhah now tayn febr. Pod veer uh-muh-NYAHN?
THEY SAY
Tem de estar vinte e quatro horas sem febre.
Tayn d shtahr veent ee KWAH-troo OH-ruhsh sayn febr.
They have to be twenty-four hours without a fever.
They might also say:
Se estiver bem, pode vir, sim.
S shtee-VEHR bayn, pod veer, seen.
If they're well, yes, they can come.
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YOU REPLY
Está bem, então vem na quarta.
Shtah bayn, ayn-TOW vayn nuh KWAHR-tuh.
All right, then they'll come on Wednesday.
THEY SAY
Combinado.
kom-bee-NAH-doo.
Agreed.
They might also say:
Está combinado.
shtah kom-bee-NAH-doo.
It's agreed.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até quarta!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH KWAHR-tuh!
Thank you, see you on Wednesday!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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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

Quando
KWAHN-doo
adverb
when
é
eh
verb
is
pode
pod
verb
can
voltar
vool-TAHR
verb
to return, to come again
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
estar
shtahr
verb
to be, to be located

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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