Portuguese · Segurança Social
Get an NISS (social security number): what to say in Portuguese
For work you need a NISS - a social security number.
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How it's done. The NISS is issued by Segurança Social; it's asked for when you start a job, together with the NIF.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
Bom dia. Queria pedir o número de Segurança Social.
Bohn DEE-uh. KREE-uh pee-DEER oo NOOM-roo d sih-goo-RAHN-suh soo-see-AHL.
Good morning. I'd like to get a Social Security number.
Or say:Preciso do NISS para trabalhar.
Prih-SIH-zoo doo nees pruh truh-buh-LYAHR.
THEY SAY
Tem o passaporte e o NIF?Tayn oo puh-suh-PORT ee oo neef?
Do you have your passport and NIF?
They might also say:
Tem consigo o passaporte e o NIF?
Tayn kohn-SEE-goo oo puh-suh-PORT ee oo neef?
Do you have your passport and NIF with you?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, tenho os dois.
Seen, TEH-nyoo oozh doysh.
Yes, I have both.
THEY SAY
Vai receber o número por carta.Vigh rih-sih-BEHR oo NOOM-roo poor KAHR-tuh.
You'll receive the number by letter.
They might also say:
Pronto, aqui está o seu NISS.
PROHN-too, uh-KEE shtah oo seh-oo nees.
There, here's your NISS.
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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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Bom
Bohn
adjective
good
dia
DEE-uh
noun
day
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
pedir
pee-DEER
verb
to ask for
número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
Segurança
sih-goo-RAHN-suh
noun
safety
16 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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