Portuguese · Estacionamento
A parking fine: ask what to do: what to say in Portuguese
There's a parking fine under the windscreen wiper. You need to work out what to do.
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How it's done. The fine says how and by when to pay; you can often pay at a Multibanco machine with the reference.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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1
YOU START
Tenho uma multa de estacionamento. Onde é que pago?
TEH-nyoo OO-muh MOOL-tuh d shtuh-syoo-nuh-MAYN-too. Ohnd eh k PAH-goo?
I have a parking fine. Where do I pay it?
THEY SAY
Pode pagar no Multibanco com a referência.Pod puh-GAHR noo mool-tee-BAHN-koo kohn uh rih-fih-RAYN-syuh.
You can pay at the Multibanco with the reference.
2
YOU REPLY
Porque é que levei esta multa?
Poork eh k leh-VAY ESH-tuh MOOL-tuh?
Why did I get this fine?
THEY SAY
Estava num lugar para residentes.SHTAH-vuh noon loo-GAHR pruh rih-zih-DAYN-tish.
You were parked in a residents' space.
3
YOU REPLY
Até quando tenho de pagar?
Uh-TEH KWAHN-doo TEH-nyoo d puh-GAHR?
By what date do I have to pay?
THEY SAY
A data está escrita aqui em baixo.Uh DAH-tuh shtah SHKREE-tuh uh-KEE ayn BIGH-shoo.
The date is written down here at the bottom.
They might also say:
Tem quinze dias.
Tayn keenz DEE-uhsh.
You have fifteen days.
4
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.
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Words worth knowing
Tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
multa
MOOL-tuh
noun
fine
estacionamento
shtuh-syoo-nuh-MAYN-too
noun
parking
Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
é
eh
verb
is
pago
PAH-goo
verb
(I) pay
27 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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