Portuguese · Picking up your child
The teacher asks you to sign a form: what to say in Portuguese
The nursery teacher asks you to sign a paper and you don't understand what it is.
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How it's done. Don't sign anything you don't understand: calmly ask O que é isto? - the staff will gladly explain.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Pode assinar aqui, se faz favor?Pod uh-see-NAHR uh-KEE, s fahsh fuh-VOR?
Can you sign here, please?
YOU REPLY
O que é isto?
Oo k eh EESH-too?
What is this?
THEY SAY
É para as fotografias da turma.Eh pruh uhsh foo-too-gruh-FEE-uhzh duh TOOR-muh.
It's for the class photographs.
They might also say:
É a autorização para a visita de quinta.
Eh uh ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW pruh uh vee-ZEE-tuh d KEEN-tuh.
It's the permission for Thursday's trip.
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YOU REPLY
Posso levar e ler em casa?
POH-soo lvahr ee lehr ayn KAH-zuh?
Can I take it and read it at home?
THEY SAY
Claro, traga amanhã.KLAH-roo, TRAH-guh uh-muh-NYAHN.
Of course, bring it tomorrow.
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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
Pode
Pod
verb
can
assinar
uh-see-NAHR
verb
to sign
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
faz
fahsh
verb
does, makes
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
é
eh
verb
is
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
O que quer dizer isto?
Oo k kehr dee-ZEHR EESH-too?
What does this mean?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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