Portuguese · Segurança Social
The clerk asks for your employment contract: what to say in Portuguese
Social Security asks for an employment contract, and it's not clear what exactly is needed.
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How it's done. The employer registers the employee with Segurança Social themselves, but it's useful to always have a copy of the contract.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Preciso de ver o seu contrato de trabalho.Prih-SIH-zoo d vehr oo seh-oo kohn-TRAH-too d truh-BAH-lyoo.
I need to see your employment contract.
They might also say:
Pode mostrar-me o seu contrato de trabalho?
Pod moosh-TRAHR-m oo seh-oo kohn-TRAH-too d truh-BAH-lyoo?
Can you show me your employment contract?
YOU REPLY
Tenho aqui uma cópia.
TEH-nyoo uh-KEE OO-muh KOH-pyuh.
I have a copy here.
THEY SAY
A sua entidade patronal já o inscreveu?Uh SOO-uh ayn-tee-DAHD puh-troo-NAHL zhah oo eensh-krih-VEH-oo?
Has your employer already registered you?
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YOU REPLY
Não sei. Como é que posso ver?
Now say. KOH-moo eh k POH-soo vehr?
I don't know. How can I check?
THEY SAY
Pode ver na Segurança Social Direta.Pod vehr nuh sih-goo-RAHN-suh soo-see-AHL dee-REH-tuh.
You can check on Segurança Social Direta.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
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This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Preciso
Prih-SIH-zoo
verb
(I) need
ver
vehr
verb
to have a look, to see
contrato
kohn-TRAH-too
noun
contract
trabalho
truh-BAH-lyoo
noun
work
Tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
25 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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