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You said litres: the cashier works out and rounds the amount: what to say in Portuguese

You've given the quantity in litres, and the cashier converts it to euros and rounds the amount.

Bomba de gasolina6 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. If you say litres, the cashier will convert it to euros and round the amount - ask how much it comes to.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
Quarenta litros? Dá sessenta e três e vinte.
Kwuh-RAYN-tuh LEE-troosh? Duh sih-SAYN-tuh ee trez ee veent.
Forty litres? That comes to sixty-three twenty.
YOU REPLY
Sim, quarenta litros.
Seen, kwuh-RAYN-tuh LEE-troosh.
Yes, forty litres.
THEY SAY
Arredondo para sessenta e cinco, pode ser?
Uh-rih-DOHN-doo pruh sih-SAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koo, pod sehr?
I'll round it to sixty-five, is that all right?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, pode ser sessenta e cinco.
Seen, pod sehr sih-SAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koo.
Yes, sixty-five is fine.
THEY SAY
Sessenta e cinco euros.
Sih-SAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koo EH-oo-roosh.
Sixty-five euros.
They might also say:
São sessenta e cinco euros.
Sow sih-SAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koo EH-oo-roosh.
It's sixty-five euros.
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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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Words worth knowing

litros
LEE-troosh
noun
litres
Dá
Duh
verb
gives
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
Arredondo
Uh-rih-DOHN-doo
verb
(I) round
pode
pod
verb
can
ser
sehr
verb
to be

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?
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Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?

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