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Collect a parcel for someone else: what to say in Portuguese

You need to collect a parcel for your husband, wife or a friend.

Ponto de recolha7 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. To collect someone else's parcel you often need the code and the recipient's ID or permission; the rules depend on the delivery service.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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YOU START
Posso levantar uma encomenda de outra pessoa?
POH-soo lih-vahn-TAHR OO-muh ayn-koo-MAYN-duh d OH-truh pih-SOH-uh?
Can I collect someone else's parcel?
THEY SAY
Tem o código e o documento dele?
Tayn oo KOH-dee-goo ee oo doo-koo-MAYN-too del?
Do you have his code and ID?
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YOU REPLY
Tenho o código e uma cópia do documento.
TEH-nyoo oo KOH-dee-goo ee OO-muh KOH-pyuh doo doo-koo-MAYN-too.
I have the code and a copy of the ID.
THEY SAY
Precisa de uma autorização.
Prih-SIH-zuh d OO-muh ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW.
You need written permission.
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3
YOU REPLY
Ele pode mandar uma mensagem?
El pod mahn-DAHR OO-muh mayn-SAH-zhayn?
Can he send a message?
THEY SAY
Pode, sim. Isso chega.
Pod, seen. EE-soo SHEH-guh.
Yes, you can. That's enough.
They might also say:
Sim, uma mensagem chega.
Seen, OO-muh mayn-SAH-zhayn SHEH-guh.
Yes, a message is enough.
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4
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

Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
levantar
lih-vahn-TAHR
verb
to collect
encomenda
ayn-koo-MAYN-duh
noun
parcel
pessoa
pih-SOH-uh
noun
person
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
código
KOH-dee-goo
noun
code

22 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

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