Portuguese · CTT
A notice in your letterbox: collect the item at the post office: what to say in Portuguese
There's a notice from CTT in your letterbox: an item is waiting at the post office.
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How it's done. With the notice (aviso) and an ID you go to the CTT branch it names: the address and the deadline are written on the slip.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
Bom dia. Tenho este aviso.
Bohn DEE-uh. TEH-nyoo esht uh-VEE-zoo.
Good morning. I have this notice.
Or say:Venho levantar um correio registado.
VEH-nyoo lih-vahn-TAHR oon koo-RAY-oo rih-zheesh-TAH-doo.
THEY SAY
Tem documento de identificação?Tayn doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW?
Do you have an identity document?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, aqui está.
Seen, uh-KEE shtah.
Yes, here you are.
THEY SAY
Assine aqui, se faz favor.Uh-SEEN uh-KEE, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Sign here, please.
They might also say:
Aqui tem. Bom dia!
Uh-KEE tayn. Bohn DEE-uh!
Here you are. Have a good day!
3
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, boa continuação!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, BOH-uh koon-tee-noo-uh-SOW!
Thank you, all the best!
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
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
Tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
aviso
uh-VEE-zoo
noun
notice (of a failed delivery)
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
documento
doo-koo-MAYN-too
noun
document
13 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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