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Ask for the bill: what to say in Portuguese

You've finished breakfast and want to pay.

Café / Pastelaria5 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In small cafés you often pay at the till or counter, rather than wait for the bill at the table.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
A conta, por favor.
Uh KOHN-tuh, poor fuh-VOR.
The bill, please.
Or say:Quanto é, por favor?
KWAHN-too eh, poor fuh-VOR?
THEY SAY
São três e vinte.
Sow trez ee veent.
That's three twenty.
They might also say:
São quatro euros e cinquenta.
Sow KWAH-troo EH-oo-rooz ee seen-KWAYN-tuh.
That's four euros fifty.
Dá dois e oitenta.
Duh doyz ee oy-TAYN-tuh.
That comes to two eighty.
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YOU REPLY
Pode ser com cartão?
Pod sehr kohn kuhr-TOW?
Can I pay by card?
Or say:Aqui tem.
Uh-KEE tayn.
THEY SAY
Sim, claro.
Seen, KLAH-roo.
Yes, of course.
They might also say:
Pode, sim.
Pod, seen.
Yes, you can.
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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

conta
KOHN-tuh
noun
account
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
São
Sow
verb
are (plural)
Pode
Pod
verb
can
ser
sehr
verb
to be
cartão
kuhr-TOW
noun
card

11 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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