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Make a transfer: what to say in Portuguese

You want to make a transfer at the bank branch.

Banco9 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Comprovativo - proof of a transaction (receipt); you're asked for it for rent, bills and transfers.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START
Queria fazer uma transferência.
KREE-uh fuh-ZEHR OO-muh trahnsh-fih-RAYN-syuh.
I'd like to make a transfer.
Or say:Quero mandar dinheiro para a Ucrânia.
KEH-roo mahn-DAHR dee-NYAY-roo pruh uh oo-KRAH-nyuh.
THEY SAY
Tem o IBAN do destinatário?
Tayn oo ee-BAHN doo dish-tee-nuh-TAH-ryoo?
Do you have the recipient's IBAN?
They might also say:
Preciso do IBAN do destinatário.
Prih-SEE-zoo doo EE-bahn doo dish-tee-nuh-TAH-ryoo.
I need the recipient's IBAN.
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YOU REPLY
Aqui está o IBAN.
Uh-KEE shtah oo ee-BAHN.
Here's the IBAN.
THEY SAY
Qual é o valor?
Kwahl eh oo vuh-LOR?
What's the amount?
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3
YOU REPLY
São cem euros.
Sow sayn EH-oo-roosh.
It's one hundred euros.
THEY SAY
Para fora da zona euro há comissão.
Pruh FOH-ruh duh ZOH-nuh EH-oo-roo uh koo-mee-SOW.
Outside the eurozone there's a fee.
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YOU REPLY
Está bem, avance.
Shtah bayn, uh-VAHNS.
All right, go ahead.
THEY SAY
Chega amanhã ou depois.
SHEH-guh uh-muh-NYAHN oh dih-POYSH.
It arrives tomorrow or the day after.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
fazer
fuh-ZEHR
verb
to do, to make
transferência
trahnsh-fih-RAYN-syuh
noun
transfer (of money)
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
IBAN
ee-BAHN
noun
IBAN: account number
destinatário
dish-tee-nuh-TAH-ryoo
noun
recipient

27 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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