Portuguese · Real conversations
Appointments and pharmacies: Portuguese conversation practice
Arrange a visit and clarify medicine instructions. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A customer checking an appointment and pharmacy instructions.
Goal: Arrange a visit and clarify medicine instructions.
Read the conversation
Partner
Olá. Você está perguntando sobre este remédio?
Show English translation
Hello. Are you asking about this medicine?
You
Preciso de receita médica?
Show English translation
Do I need a prescription?
Partner
Sim, é preciso receita. O farmacêutico pode explicar o rótulo.
Show English translation
Yes, a prescription is required. The pharmacist can explain the label.
You
Com que frequência devo tomar?
Show English translation
How often should I take it?
Partner
Siga o rótulo e confirme com o farmacêutico. A clínica também pode atender você.
Show English translation
Please follow the label and check with the pharmacist. The clinic can also see you.
You
Gostaria de marcar uma consulta.
Show English translation
I'd like to make an appointment.
Partner
Posso ajudar com isso. Qual dia seria bom para você?
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I can help with that. Which day would suit you?
You
Tem algum horário disponível hoje?
Show English translation
Is there anything available today?
Partner
Vamos verificar a agenda de hoje. Há quanto tempo você está com esse problema?
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Let's check today's schedule. How long have you had this problem?
You
Estou com isso há três dias.
Show English translation
I've had this for three days.
Try your part first
Partner says: Hello. Are you asking about this medicine? Your goal: Do I need a prescription?
Reveal a sample reply
Preciso de receita médica?
Do I need a prescription?
Partner says: Yes, a prescription is required. The pharmacist can explain the label. Your goal: How often should I take it?
Reveal a sample reply
Com que frequência devo tomar?
How often should I take it?
Partner says: Please follow the label and check with the pharmacist. The clinic can also see you. Your goal: I'd like to make an appointment.
Reveal a sample reply
Gostaria de marcar uma consulta.
I'd like to make an appointment.
Partner says: I can help with that. Which day would suit you? Your goal: Is there anything available today?
Reveal a sample reply
Tem algum horário disponível hoje?
Is there anything available today?
Partner says: Let's check today's schedule. How long have you had this problem? Your goal: I've had this for three days.
Reveal a sample reply
Estou com isso há três dias.
I've had this for three days.
Make it your own
- Request a different appointment day.
- Ask the pharmacist to repeat the label instructions.
- Describe a different duration of symptoms.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
