Portuguese · Finanças
Ask about the password for the Portal das Finanças: what to say in Portuguese
You need a password for the Portal das Finanças so you can do everything online.
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How it's done. The password for the Portal das Finanças is requested online, and it arrives as an ordinary letter at your address.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
Como é que peço a senha do Portal das Finanças?
KOH-moo eh k PEH-soo uh SEH-nyuh doo poor-TAHL duhsh fee-NAHN-suhsh?
How do I request the password for the Finanças Portal?
THEY SAY
Pede no site e recebe por carta.Ped noo sight ee rih-SEB poor KAHR-tuh.
You request it on the website and receive it by letter.
2
YOU REPLY
Posso receber por e-mail?
POH-soo rih-sih-BEHR poor ee-mayl?
Can I receive it by email?
THEY SAY
Não, a senha só vai por correio.Now, uh SEH-nyuh soh vigh poor koo-RAY-oo.
No, the password is only sent by post.
They might also say:
Não, a senha só segue por carta.
Now, uh SEH-nyuh soh seg poor KAHR-tuh.
No, the password only goes by letter.
3
YOU REPLY
E quanto tempo demora a carta?
Ee KWAHN-too TEM-poo dih-MOH-ruh uh KAHR-tuh?
And how long does the letter take?
THEY SAY
A carta demora uns cinco dias úteis.Uh KAHR-tuh dih-MOH-ruh oonsh SEEN-koo DEE-uhz OO-taysh.
The letter takes about five working days.
4
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!
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
Como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
é
eh
verb
is
peço
PEH-soo
verb
(I) ask for
senha
SEH-nyuh
noun
numbered ticket (a queue ticket)
Portal
poor-TAHL
noun
portal, website
Finanças
fee-NAHN-suhsh
noun
Finanças: the tax office
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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