Portuguese · Finanças
Change your address at the Finanças: what to say in Portuguese
After you move, you need to change your address at Finanças.
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How it's done. It's worth changing your address at Finanças straight after moving: letters and passwords are sent to it.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
Queria alterar a minha morada.
KREE-uh uhl-tih-RAHR uh MEE-nyuh moo-RAH-duh.
I'd like to change my address.
THEY SAY
Tem o comprovativo da nova morada?Tayn oo kohn-proo-vuh-TIH-voo duh NOH-vuh moo-RAH-duh?
Do you have proof of the new address?
They might also say:
Tem algum comprovativo da nova morada?
Tayn uhl-GOON kom-proo-vuh-TIH-voo duh NOH-vuh moo-RAH-duh?
Do you have some proof of the new address?
2
YOU REPLY
Tenho o contrato de arrendamento.
TEH-nyoo oo kohn-TRAH-too d uh-rayn-duh-MAYN-too.
I have the tenancy agreement.
THEY SAY
Está bem, eu altero aqui.Shtah bayn, eh-oo uhl-TEH-roo uh-KEE.
All right, I'll change it here.
3
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
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
alterar
uhl-tih-RAHR
verb
to change
morada
moo-RAH-duh
noun
address
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
comprovativo
kohn-proo-vuh-TIH-voo
noun
receipt, proof
nova
NOH-vuh
adjective
new (feminine)
14 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?
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