New concept
At the farmácia
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
| o remédio | medicine |
| o comprimido | tablet, pill |
| o xarope | syrup, cough mixture |
| a caixa | box, packet |
| o farmacêutico / a farmacêutica | the pharmacist |
To ask for something: Você tem alguma coisa para dor de garganta? — Have you got anything for a sore throat? And to check: Precisa de receita? — Does it need a prescription?
Medicine, like coffee, is something you tomar: tomar um remédio, tomar um comprimido. It's a regular -ar verb: tomo, toma, tomamos, tomam.