Portuguese · Morning drop-off
Say that someone else will pick your child up today: what to say in Portuguese
Today someone other than the usual person will collect the child. You need to let the nursery know.
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How it's done. Children are handed over only to people on the approved list; a new person must be added in advance, and told to show ID.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
Hoje quem vem buscar é a avó.
Ohzh kayn vayn boosh-KAHR eh uh uh-VOH.
Today my grandmother is picking them up.
THEY SAY
Ela está na lista de autorizações?EH-luh shtah nuh LEESH-tuh d ow-too-ree-zuh-SOYSH?
Is she on the list of people authorised to collect?
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YOU REPLY
Não está. Posso assinar uma autorização?
Now shtah. POH-soo uh-see-NAHR OO-muh ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW?
She isn't. Can I sign an authorisation?
THEY SAY
Tem de trazer o documento de identificação.Tayn d truh-ZEHR oo doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW.
They have to bring an identity document.
They might also say:
Pode, sim. Ela tem de trazer um documento de identificação.
Pod, seen. EH-luh tayn d truh-ZEHR oon doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW.
Yes, you can. She has to bring an identity document.
3
YOU REPLY
Sim, ela traz o cartão de residência.
Seen, EH-luh trahzh oo kuhr-TOW d rih-zih-DAYN-syuh.
Yes, she'll bring her residence card.
THEY SAY
Fica anotado.FEE-kuh uh-noo-TAH-doo.
Noted.
They might also say:
Está registado.
shtah rih-zheesh-TAH-doo.
It's registered.
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
Hoje
Ohzh
adverb
today
vem
vayn
verb
comes, will come
buscar
boosh-KAHR
verb
to collect, to fetch
é
eh
verb
is
avó
uh-VOH
noun
grandmother
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
24 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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