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The nursery asks for a doctor's note: what to say in Portuguese

After an illness the nursery asks for a doctor's note.

Child is ill4 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Rules about notes after illness differ from nursery to nursery - check them as soon as you enrol.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Trouxe a declaração do médico?
Tros uh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW doo MEH-dee-koo?
Did you bring the doctor's note?
They might also say:
Sem declaração não pode ficar.
Sayn dih-kluh-ruh-SOW now pod fee-KAHR.
Without a note they can't stay.
YOU REPLY
O médico não me deu. Posso trazer amanhã?
Oo MEH-dee-koo now m deh-oo. POH-soo truh-ZEHR uh-muh-NYAHN?
The doctor didn't give me one. Can I bring it tomorrow?
THEY SAY
Está bem, pode ser amanhã.
Shtah bayn, pod sehr uh-muh-NYAHN.
All right, tomorrow is fine.
They might also say:
Peça no centro de saúde, é rápido.
PEH-suh noo SAYN-troo d suh-OOD, eh RAH-pee-doo.
Ask at the health centre, it's quick.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
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.

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Words worth knowing

Trouxe
Tros
verb
(I) brought
declaração
dih-kluh-ruh-SOW
noun
certificate, declaration
médico
MEH-dee-koo
noun
doctor
não
now
adverb
no
deu
deh-oo
verb
gave
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can

13 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 escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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