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Get your child's hair cut: what to say in Portuguese

It's time to cut your child's hair.

Cabeleireiro5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. For children hairdressers often have a separate chair and cartoons - ask whether they cut little ones' hair.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
Cortam cabelo a crianças? É para o meu filho, curto, por favor.
KOR-tow kuh-BEH-loo uh kree-AHN-suhsh? Eh pruh oo meh-oo FEE-lyoo, KOOR-too, poor fuh-VOR.
Do you cut children's hair? It's for my son, short, please.
THEY SAY
Ele fica quieto ou é melhor o pai segurar?
El FEE-kuh kee-EH-too oh eh mih-LYOR oo pigh sih-goo-RAHR?
Will he stay still, or would it be better if a parent held him?
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YOU REPLY
Ele fica quieto, não se preocupe.
El FEE-kuh kee-EH-too, now s pree-oo-KOOP.
He'll stay still, don't worry.
THEY SAY
Claro! Senta-te aqui, campeão.
KLAH-roo! SAYN-tuh-t uh-KEE, kuhm-pee-OW.
Of course! Sit here, champ.
They might also say:
Claro. Senta-te aqui, rapaz.
KLAH-roo. SAYN-tuh-t uh-KEE, ruh-PAHSH.
Of course. Sit down here, young man.
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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

Cortam
KOR-tow
verb
(you) cut
cabelo
kuh-BEH-loo
noun
hair
crianças
kree-AHN-suhsh
noun
children
É
Eh
verb
is
filho
FEE-lyoo
noun
son
curto
KOOR-too
adjective
short

21 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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