Portuguese · Segurança Social
Change your bank details: what to say in Portuguese
You've changed banks and need to update your details so payments go to the new account.
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How it's done. To change the account they usually ask for proof of IBAN from the bank (comprovativo de IBAN).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 mudar o meu IBAN.
KREE-uh moo-DAHR oo meh-oo EE-bahn.
I'd like to change my IBAN.
Or say:Mudei de banco.
Moo-DAY d BAHN-koo.
THEY SAY
Tem o comprovativo de IBAN?Tayn oo kohn-proo-vuh-TIH-voo d EE-bahn?
Do you have proof of the IBAN?
2
YOU REPLY
Sim, está aqui no telemóvel.
Seen, shtah uh-KEE noo tlih-MOH-vel.
Yes, it's here on my phone.
THEY SAY
Pronto, já está alterado.PROHN-too, zhah shtah uhl-tih-RAH-doo.
There, it's changed.
They might also say:
Mande por e-mail e eu altero.
Mahnd poor ee-mayl ee eh-oo uhl-TEH-roo.
Send it by email and I'll change it.
3
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
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
mudar
moo-DAHR
verb
to change
IBAN
EE-bahn
noun
IBAN: account number
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
comprovativo
kohn-proo-vuh-TIH-voo
noun
receipt, proof
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
12 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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