Portuguese · Café / Pastelaria
The barista asks for your tax number for the receipt: what to say in Portuguese
You're paying, and the cashier asks something about "contribuinte". That's your tax number (NIF) on the receipt.
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How it's done. A NIF on the receipt is not compulsory - you can simply decline.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Contribuinte?Kohn-tree-boo-EENT?
Tax number?
They might also say:
Quer contribuinte na fatura?
Kehr kohn-tree-boo-EENT nuh fuh-TOO-ruh?
Do you want your NIF on the invoice?
Número de contribuinte?
NOOM-roo d kohn-tree-boo-EENT?
Your tax number?
YOU REPLY
Não, obrigado.
Now, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
No, thank you.
Or say:Sim, é este.
Seen, eh esht.
THEY SAY
Pronto, está feito.PROHN-too, shtah FAY-too.
There, it's done.
They might also say:
Já está.
zhah shtah.
That's it.
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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
Contribuinte
Kohn-tree-boo-EENT
noun
taxpayer
Não
Now
adverb
no
Pronto
PROHN-too
adjective
ready
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
feito
FAY-too
adjective
done, made
logo
LOH-goo
adverb
later
2 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?
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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