Portuguese · Finanças
Ask how to pay a tax or a fine: what to say in Portuguese
A letter has arrived about tax or a fine, and you need to work out how to pay it.
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How it's done. Payment letters usually contain Multibanco details: entidade and referência - you pay with them at a cash machine or in your bank's app.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
Recebi esta carta. Como é que pago?
Rih-sih-BEE ESH-tuh KAHR-tuh. KOH-moo eh k PAH-goo?
I received this letter. How do I pay?
THEY SAY
Pode pagar no Multibanco com esta referência.Pod puh-GAHR noo mool-tee-BAHN-koo kohn ESH-tuh rih-fih-RAYN-syuh.
You can pay at the Multibanco with this reference.
2
YOU REPLY
Até quando tenho de pagar?
Uh-TEH KWAHN-doo TEH-nyoo d puh-GAHR?
By what date do I have to pay?
THEY SAY
A data-limite está aqui em cima.Uh DAH-tuh-lee-MEET shtah uh-KEE ayn SEE-muh.
The deadline is up here.
They might also say:
O prazo está escrito aqui em cima.
Oo PRAH-zoo shtah SHKREE-too uh-KEE ayn SEE-muh.
The deadline is written up here.
3
YOU REPLY
Posso pagar aqui?
POH-soo puh-GAHR uh-KEE?
Can I pay here?
THEY SAY
Pode, sim, com cartão.Pod, seen, kohn kuhr-TOW.
Yes, you can, by card.
4
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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Recebi
Rih-sih-BEE
verb
(I) received
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
Como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
é
eh
verb
is
pago
PAH-goo
verb
(I) pay
Pode
Pod
verb
can
21 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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