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Open an account: which documents you need: what to say in Portuguese
You want to open a bank account and ask which documents you need.
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How it's done. For an account they usually ask for your passport or residence permit, your NIF and proof of address; conditions differ from bank to bank.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
Bom dia. Queria abrir uma conta.
Bohn DEE-uh. KREE-uh uh-BREER OO-muh KOHN-tuh.
Good morning. I'd like to open an account.
Or say:Que documentos são precisos?
K doo-koo-MAYN-toosh sow prih-SEE-zoosh?
THEY SAY
Tem NIF e documento de identificação?Tayn neef ee doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tih-fee-kuh-SOW?
Do you have a NIF and an identity document?
They might also say:
Preciso do seu NIF e de um documento de identificação.
Prih-SEE-zoo doo seh-oo neef ee d oon doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tih-fee-kuh-SOW.
I need your NIF and an identity document.
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YOU REPLY
Tenho, sim. Aqui estão.
TEH-nyoo, seen. Uh-KEE shtow.
Yes, I do. Here they are.
THEY SAY
Precisa também de um comprovativo de morada.Prih-SEE-zuh tuhm-BAYN d oon kom-proo-vuh-TIH-voo d moo-RAH-duh.
You also need proof of address.
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YOU REPLY
Serve o contrato de arrendamento?
Sehrv oo kohn-TRAH-too d uh-rayn-duh-MAYN-too?
Will a tenancy agreement do?
THEY SAY
Serve, sim. Ou uma fatura da luz ou da água.Sehrv, seen. Oh OO-muh fuh-TOO-ruh duh looz oh duh AH-gwuh.
Yes, that works. Or an electricity or water bill.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
abrir
uh-BREER
verb
to open
conta
KOHN-tuh
noun
account
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
25 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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