Portuguese · Secretaria
The secretariat asks for documents: what to say in Portuguese
The secretariat asks you to bring in some more documents.
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How it's done. Certificado de habilitações - the document that proves your education (school-leaving certificate or diploma with its supplement).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
Traga também a tradução certificada.TRAH-guh tuhm-BAYN uh truh-doo-SOW sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh.
Please bring the certified translation too.
They might also say:
Falta-nos o certificado de habilitações. Traga também a tradução certificada.
FAHL-tuh-nooz oo sir-tee-fee-KAH-doo d uh-bee-lee-tuh-SOYSH. TRAH-guh tuhm-BAYN uh truh-doo-SOW sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh.
We're missing your qualifications certificate. Please bring the certified translation too.
YOU REPLY
Onde é que faço a tradução certificada?
Ohnd eh k FAH-soo uh truh-doo-SOW sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh?
Where can I get a certified translation done?
THEY SAY
Num tradutor certificado ou num notário.Noon truh-doo-TOR sir-tee-fee-KAH-doo oh noon noo-TAH-ryoo.
From a certified translator or a notary.
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YOU REPLY
Até quando tenho de entregar?
Uh-TEH KWAHN-doo TEH-nyoo d ayn-trih-GAHR?
By when do I have to hand it in?
THEY SAY
Até ao fim do mês.Uh-TEH ow feen doo mesh.
By the end of the month.
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YOU REPLY
Posso entregar por e-mail?
POH-soo ayn-trih-GAHR poor ee-mayl?
Can I send it by email?
THEY SAY
Tem de ser em papel, aqui na secretaria.Tayn d sehr ayn puh-PEL, uh-KEE nuh sih-krih-tuh-REE-uh.
It has to be on paper, here at the secretariat.
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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
Traga
TRAH-guh
verb
bring
também
tuhm-BAYN
adverb
also, too
tradução
truh-doo-SOW
noun
translation
certificada
sir-tee-fee-KAH-duh
adjective
certified (feminine)
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
é
eh
verb
is
29 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 escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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