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Put the electricity in your name: what to say in Portuguese

You want to put the electricity in your own name.

Contas7 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. For an electricity contract they ask for a NIF, an IBAN and the supply point code (código CPE) - it's on the old bill.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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YOU START
Queria pôr a eletricidade em meu nome.
KREE-uh por uh ee-lih-tree-see-DAHD ayn meh-oo nohm.
I'd like to put the electricity in my name.
Or say:Mudei de casa e preciso de contrato de luz.
Moo-DAY d KAH-zuh ee prih-SIH-zoo d kohn-TRAH-too d loosh.
THEY SAY
Tem o código CPE?
Tayn oo KOH-dee-goo seh-peh-eh?
Do you have the CPE code?
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2
YOU REPLY
Está na fatura antiga.
Shtah nuh fuh-TOO-ruh ahn-TEE-guh.
It's on the old bill.
THEY SAY
Que potência quer contratar?
K poo-TAYN-syuh kehr kohn-truh-TAHR?
What power rating do you want to contract?
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3
YOU REPLY
Não sei. Qual é a normal para um T2?
Now say. Kwahl eh uh noor-MAHL pruh oon teh-doysh?
I don't know. What's the usual one for a T2?
THEY SAY
Para um T2, seis vírgula nove costuma chegar.
Pruh oon teh-doysh, sayzh VEER-goo-luh nov koosh-TOO-muh shih-GAHR.
For a T2, six point nine usually does it.
They might also say:
Normalmente é seis vírgula nove.
Noor-muhl-MAYNT eh sayzh VEER-goo-luh nov.
Normally it's six point nine.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too 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

Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
pôr
por
verb
to put
eletricidade
ee-lih-tree-see-DAHD
noun
electricity
nome
nohm
noun
name
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
código
KOH-dee-goo
noun
code

27 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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