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Call from the school: your child is unwell: what to say in Portuguese

The school phones: your child isn't feeling well.

Secretaria6 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. The school phones the pupil's contact person, so keep your number at school up to date.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
A Sofia tem dores de barriga. Pode vir buscá-la?
Uh Soo-FEE-uh tayn DOH-rizh d buh-RIH-guh. Pod veer boosh-KAH-luh?
Sofia has a stomach ache. Can you come and collect her?
YOU REPLY
Ela tem febre?
EH-luh tayn febr?
Does she have a fever?
THEY SAY
Não, mas está muito pálida.
Now, mahsh shtah MWEE-too PAH-lee-duh.
No, but she's very pale.
They might also say:
Febre não, mas está muito pálida.
Febr now, mahsh shtah MWEE-too PAH-lee-duh.
No temperature, but she is very pale.
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YOU REPLY
Vou já para aí.
Voh zhah pruh uh-EE.
I'm coming right now.
THEY SAY
Está na enfermaria à sua espera.
Shtah nuh ayn-fir-muh-REE-uh uh SOO-uh SHPEH-ruh.
She's in the sick room waiting for you.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!

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

tem
tayn
verb
have
dores
DOH-rizh
noun
pains, aches
barriga
buh-RIH-guh
noun
stomach
Pode
Pod
verb
can
vir
veer
verb
to come
buscá-la
boosh-KAH-luh
verb
to collect her

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?
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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