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The teacher noticed a rash or a cough: what to say in Portuguese

The nursery teacher noticed a rash or cough in your child and tells you.

Child is ill6 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. With a rash the nursery may ask you to show the child to a doctor before they come 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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Reparámos que o Ivan tem umas borbulhas.
Rih-puh-RAH-moosh k oo Ee-VAHN tayn OO-muhzh boor-BOO-lyuhsh.
We noticed Ivan has some spots.
YOU REPLY
Onde? Deixe-me ver.
Ohnd? Daysh-m vehr.
Where? Let me see.
THEY SAY
Aqui, nos braços e nas costas.
Uh-KEE, noozh BRAH-sooz ee nuhsh KOSH-tuhsh.
Here, on the arms and the back.
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YOU REPLY
Em casa não tinha nada.
Ayn KAH-zuh now TEE-nyuh NAH-duh.
At home there was nothing.
THEY SAY
Pode ser só alergia.
Pod sehr soh uh-lir-ZHEE-uh.
It might just be an allergy.
They might also say:
É melhor mostrar ao médico.
Eh mih-LYOR moosh-TRAHR ow MEH-dee-koo.
It's better to show a doctor.
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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.

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Words worth knowing

Reparámos
Rih-puh-RAH-moosh
verb
(we) noticed
tem
tayn
verb
have
borbulhas
boor-BOO-lyuhsh
noun
spots, rash
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
Deixe-me
Daysh-m
verb
let me
ver
vehr
verb
to have a look, to see

20 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?
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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