Portuguese · Bomba de gasolina
The cashier asks for your tax number or loyalty card: what to say in Portuguese
At the petrol station till they ask for a tax number or a loyalty card.
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How it's done. Diesel is gasóleo, petrol is gasolina (sem chumbo 95/98). Don't mix them up at the pump!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:
Tem cartão de desconto?
Tayn kuhr-TOW d dish-KOHN-too?
Do you have a discount card?
Quer fatura com NIF?
Kehr fuh-TOO-ruh kohn neef?
Do you want an invoice with a NIF?
YOU REPLY
Não, obrigado.
Now, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
No, thank you.
Or say:Sim, tenho o cartão na aplicação.
Seen, TEH-nyoo oo kuhr-TOW nuh uh-plee-kuh-SOW.
Or say:Sim, com o NIF da empresa.
Seen, kohn oo neef duh em-PREH-zuh.
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!
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
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
1 more word, 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?
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