Solicito a segunda via do documento.

Solicito is the first-person singular present tense of solicitar, meaning I request or I am requesting.

In this sentence, it sounds formal and is commonly used in administrative, legal, or customer-service contexts.

So:

• Solicito = I request
• Solicitar = to request

Compared with peço (from pedir), solicito is more formal.

In Portuguese, the subject pronoun is often omitted when the verb form already makes the subject clear.

So:

• Solicito a segunda via do documento.
• Eu solicito a segunda via do documento.

Both are correct, but the version without eu is more natural in many contexts, especially in formal writing.

The verb solicito already tells you the subject is I.

Segunda via is a fixed expression in Brazilian Portuguese that usually means:

• duplicate
• replacement copy
• second issued copy

It is very common for documents, bills, IDs, certificates, and similar papers.

Examples:

• segunda via da conta = duplicate of the bill
• segunda via do RG = replacement copy of the ID card

It does not usually mean just a literal second route here. In document-related contexts, it means a new official copy.

Because via is a feminine noun in this expression.

That is why you get:

• a segunda via
• not o segunda via

And segunda agrees with via in gender:

• segunda = feminine
• segundo would be masculine

So the phrase is feminine because the main noun is via.

Do documento means of the document.

Here, do is a contraction of:

• de + o = do

So:

• a segunda via do documento literally = the second copy of the document

This contraction is extremely common in Portuguese.

Other examples:

• da = de + a
• dos = de + os
• das = de + as

Because documento is a masculine noun in Portuguese.

That is why it takes:

• o documento
• do documento = de + o documento

Many nouns ending in -o are masculine, though there are exceptions.

Yes, it is quite formal.

Solicito a segunda via do documento sounds like something you might write in:

• an email to an office
• a form
• a request letter
• customer service communication

In everyday speech, many Brazilians would more naturally say something like:

• Quero pedir a segunda via do documento.
• Preciso da segunda via do documento.
• Gostaria de solicitar a segunda via do documento.

So the original sentence is correct, but definitely more official in tone.

Yes, often you can.

For example:

• Peço a segunda via do documento.
• Quero pedir a segunda via do documento.

But there is a difference in tone:

• solicitar = more formal, administrative
• pedir = more common, everyday

If you are dealing with bureaucracy, customer support, or official writing, solicitar is a very good choice.

The article a is used because you are referring to a specific noun phrase: the duplicate copy.

So:

• a segunda via = the duplicate / the replacement copy

Portuguese often uses definite articles more frequently than English does.

In English, depending on context, you might say:

• I request a duplicate copy of the document or
• I request the duplicate copy of the document

Portuguese naturally uses a here.

Not in this context.

Although via can sometimes mean route, way, or means, in the expression segunda via it has a special administrative meaning: duplicate copy or replacement copy.

So this is a phrase you should learn as a set expression.

Grammatically, solicito is simple present.

However, in formal requests, Portuguese often uses the simple present where English might use:

• I request
• I am requesting
• I would like to request

So depending on context, the English translation may vary slightly, even though the Portuguese verb form is just present tense.

Sometimes yes, but the meaning or tone may shift slightly.

• Solicito a segunda via do documento.
  This sounds like the standard formal way to ask for the duplicate copy.

• Solicito uma segunda via do documento.
  This is also understandable and correct, meaning I request a duplicate copy of the document.

In official Brazilian usage, a segunda via is very common as a set phrase.

A very common more polished version would be:

• Gostaria de solicitar a segunda via do documento.

This means roughly:

• I would like to request a duplicate of the document.

This sounds softer and more polite than the direct Solicito..., while still being formal.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

soh-lee-SEE-too ah seh-GOON-dah VEE-ah doo doh-koo-MEN-too

A few notes:

• solicito has stress on ci: so-li-CI-to
• segunda has stress on gun: se-GUN-da
• via is usually pronounced VEE-ah
• documento has stress on men: do-cu-MEN-to

Pronunciation varies a bit by region, but this is a good Brazilian Portuguese approximation.