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Ask a passer-by how to pay for parking: what to say in Portuguese
You don't understand how to pay for parking here and ask a passer-by.
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How it's done. Paid parking is paid at a parking meter (parquímetro) or through the city's app; the ticket goes under the windscreen.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
Desculpe, aqui o estacionamento é pago?
Dish-KOOLP, uh-KEE oo shtuh-syoo-nuh-MAYN-too eh PAH-goo?
Excuse me, is parking paid here?
Or say:Como é que se paga o estacionamento?
KOH-moo eh k s PAH-guh oo shtuh-syoo-nuh-MAYN-too?
THEY SAY
É pago até às sete. O parquímetro é ali.Eh PAH-goo uh-TEH uhsh set. Oo puhr-KEE-mih-troo eh uh-LEE.
It's paid until seven. The meter is over there.
2
YOU REPLY
E o bilhete fica no carro?
Ee oo bee-LYEHT FEE-kuh noo KAH-roo?
And does the ticket stay in the car?
THEY SAY
Sim, deixe-o visível, atrás do para-brisas.Seen, daysh-oo vee-ZEE-vel, uh-TRAHZH doo PAH-ruh-BRIH-zuhsh.
Yes, leave it visible, behind the windscreen.
They might also say:
Sim, ponha-o à vista, no painel.
Seen, POH-nyuh-oo uh VEESH-tuh, noo pigh-NEL.
Yes, put it in view, on the dashboard.
3
YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
Oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
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
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
estacionamento
shtuh-syoo-nuh-MAYN-too
noun
parking
é
eh
verb
is
pago
PAH-goo
verb
(I) pay
parquímetro
puhr-KEE-mih-troo
noun
parking meter
17 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?
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