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O médico quer fazer análises ao sangue.

O médico quer fazer análises ao sangue.
The doctor wants to run blood tests.
From Lesson 207:O corpo e o estado (estar de baixa)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O médico quer fazer análises ao sangue.

Why does the sentence use fazer to mean "run"?
In English, a doctor might "run" a test and a patient might "take" or "get" one. In Portuguese, the verb fazer (to do or to make) is the standard action verb for medical tests, regardless of whether you are the doctor performing the test or the patient receiving it.
Why does it say ao sangue (to the blood) instead of de sangue (of blood)?
Because English uses noun modifiers like "blood tests", learners often try to translate this as análises de sangue. While people would understand you, the standard idiomatic phrase in European Portuguese is análises ao sangue (literally, tests to the blood). You will see the exact same pattern for urine tests: análises à urina.
Can I use the word exames or testes instead of análises here?
You could, but análises (short for análises clínicas) is the most natural word for laboratory tests involving bodily fluids like blood. The word exames is usually reserved for things like physicals, X-rays, or MRIs, while testes is often used for specific quick tests, like a pregnancy test (teste de gravidez) or a COVID test.

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