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Set up MB Way: what to say in Portuguese
You ask for help setting up MB Way.
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How it's done. MB Way is the Portuguese way to pay and send money using a phone number; people use it even at the market and between friends.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
Pode ajudar-me a ativar o MB Way?
Pod uh-zhoo-DAHR-m uh uh-tee-VAHR oo EH-meh-beh way?
Can you help me activate MB Way?
Or say:Como é que associo o cartão ao MB Way?
KOH-moo eh k uh-soo-SEE-oo oo kuhr-TOW ow EH-meh-beh way?
THEY SAY
Precisa da aplicação do banco.Prih-SEE-zuh duh uh-plee-kuh-SOW doo BAHN-koo.
You need the bank's app.
They might also say:
Tem de ter a aplicação do banco.
Tayn d tehr uh uh-plee-kuh-SOW doo BAHN-koo.
You need to have the bank's app.
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YOU REPLY
Já tenho a aplicação instalada.
Zhah TEH-nyoo uh uh-plee-kuh-SOW eensh-tuh-LAH-duh.
I already have the app installed.
THEY SAY
Crie um código de seis dígitos.Kree oon KOH-dee-goo d sayzh DEE-zhee-toosh.
Create a six-digit code.
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YOU REPLY
Obrigado, já funciona!
Oh-bree-GAH-doo, zhah foon-SYOH-nuh!
Thank you, it's working now!
THEY SAY
Depois pode pagar e enviar dinheiro com o telemóvel.Dih-POYSH pod puh-GAHR ee ayn-vee-AHR dee-NYAY-roo kohn oo tlih-MOH-vel.
Then you can pay and send money with your phone.
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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!
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
Pode
Pod
verb
can
ajudar-me
uh-zhoo-DAHR-m
verb
to help me
ativar
uh-tee-VAHR
verb
to activate, to switch on
Precisa
Prih-SEE-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
aplicação
uh-plee-kuh-SOW
noun
app
banco
BAHN-koo
noun
bank
26 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 mostrar-me?
Pod moosh-TRAHRM?
Can you show me?
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