Government, health care, education

What holds these lists together

Institutions everybody has dealings with, and lists in which the word is the smaller problem. Some terms translate neatly because the systems are alike: o centro de saúde is roughly a GP surgery and o médico de família the GP. Others translate without explaining anything. O decreto-lei is a law issued by the government rather than voted through parliament, and o Cartão de Cidadão is a national identity card, something a British reader has no everyday counterpart for. That is why many entries here carry a sentence about what the thing is in Portugal, not just a translation.

For example: a Assembleia da República (the Assembly of the Republic), o Serviço Nacional de Saúde (the national health service), o ensino básico (basic education (the nine compulsory years))

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.