Portuguese · Visita de estudo
A letter about a trip: sign the permission slip: what to say in Portuguese
A letter has come about a school trip: you need to sign a permission slip.
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How it's done. A school trip is a visita de estudo; without a signed permission slip the child won't be taken.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
Na próxima semana há uma visita de estudo.Nuh PROH-see-muh sih-MAH-nuh uh OO-muh vee-ZEE-tuh d SHTOO-doo.
Next week there's a school trip.
They might also say:
Na próxima semana vai haver uma visita de estudo.
Nuh PROH-see-muh sih-MAH-nuh vigh uh-VEHR OO-muh vee-ZEE-tuh d SHTOO-doo.
Next week there's going to be a study trip.
YOU REPLY
Para onde vão?
Pruh ohnd vow?
Where are they going?
THEY SAY
Vão ao Oceanário de Lisboa. Tem de assinar a autorização até sexta.Vow ow oo-see-uh-NAH-ryoo d leezh-BOH-uh. Tayn d uh-see-NAHR uh ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW uh-TEH SAYSH-tuh.
They're going to the Lisbon Oceanarium. You have to sign the permission by Friday.
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YOU REPLY
Onde é que assino?
Ohnd eh k uh-SEE-noo?
Where do I sign?
THEY SAY
Aqui em baixo, e devolva o papel.Uh-KEE ayn BIGH-shoo, ee dih-VOL-vuh oo puh-PEL.
Down here, and return the paper.
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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
próxima
PROH-see-muh
adjective
next (feminine)
semana
sih-MAH-nuh
noun
week
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
visita
vee-ZEE-tuh
noun
viewing
estudo
SHTOO-doo
noun
study
onde
ohnd
adverb
where
26 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
O que quer dizer isto?
Oo k kehr dee-ZEHR EESH-too?
What does this mean?
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