Portuguese · Child is ill
Call from the nursery: your child has a temperature: what to say in Portuguese
In the middle of the day the nursery phones: the child has a temperature.
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How it's done. With a temperature you're asked to collect the child as soon as possible: a sick child usually can't stay at nursery.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Estou? É o pai da Sofia? Ela tem febre.Shtoh? Eh oo pigh duh Soo-FEE-uh? EH-luh tayn febr.
Hello? Is that Sofia's mum or dad? She has a temperature.
YOU REPLY
Deram-lhe alguma coisa para a febre?
DEH-row-ly uhl-GOO-muh KOY-zuh pruh uh febr?
Did you give her anything for the fever?
THEY SAY
Não, sem autorização não damos. Tem de vir buscá-la, se faz favor.Now, sayn ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW now DAH-moosh. Tayn d veer boosh-KAH-luh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
No, we don't give anything without permission. You need to come and collect her, please.
2
YOU REPLY
Vou já. Chego daqui a meia hora.
Voh zhah. SHEH-goo duh-KEE uh MAY-uh OH-ruh.
I'm on my way. I'll be there in half an hour.
THEY SAY
Está bem, ficamos à espera.Shtah bayn, fee-KAH-mooz uh SHPEH-ruh.
All right, we'll be waiting.
They might also say:
Está bem, até já.
Shtah bayn, uh-TEH zhah.
All right, see you soon.
3
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até já!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH zhah!
Thank you, see you in a moment!
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
Estou
Shtoh
verb
I am
É
Eh
verb
is
pai
pigh
noun
dad, father
tem
tayn
verb
have
febre
febr
noun
temperature, fever
Deram-lhe
DEH-row-ly
verb
gave her (him)
31 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?
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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