Portuguese · Bomba de gasolina
Pay at the till in advance: pump number and amount in euros: what to say in Portuguese
At a petrol station you have to pay at the till first: say the pump number and the amount in euros.
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How it's done. You pay at the till first: you give the pump number (bomba) and the amount in euros, then you fill up.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
Bomba cinco, vinte euros, por favor.
BOM-buh SEEN-koo, veent EH-oo-roosh, poor fuh-VOR.
Pump five, twenty euros, please.
THEY SAY
Gasolina ou gasóleo?Guh-zoo-LEE-nuh oh guh-ZOH-lyoo?
Petrol or diesel?
They might also say:
É gasolina ou gasóleo?
Eh guh-zoo-LEE-nuh oh guh-ZOH-lyoo?
Is it petrol or diesel?
2
YOU REPLY
Gasóleo. Com cartão, por favor.
Guh-ZOH-lyoo. Kohn kuhr-TOW, poor fuh-VOR.
Diesel. By card, please.
THEY SAY
Já pode abastecer.Zhah pod uh-buhsh-tih-SEHR.
You can fill up now.
They might also say:
Está pronta, é a bomba cinco.
Shtah PROHN-tuh, eh uh BOM-buh SEEN-koo.
It's ready, it's pump five.
3
YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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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
Bomba
BOM-buh
noun
pump (at a petrol station)
euros
EH-oo-roosh
noun
euros
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Gasolina
Guh-zoo-LEE-nuh
noun
petrol
gasóleo
guh-ZOH-lyoo
noun
diesel
cartão
kuhr-TOW
noun
card
10 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?
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