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The landlord asks about your job and income: what to say in Portuguese

The owner asks about your job and income.

Visita ao apartamento8 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. For a rental they often ask for an employment contract and your recent payslips (recibos de vencimento).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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Onde é que trabalha?
Ohnd eh k truh-BAH-lyuh?
Where do you work?
YOU REPLY
Trabalho num restaurante.
Truh-BAH-lyoo noon rish-tow-RAHNT.
I work in a restaurant.
THEY SAY
Tem contrato de trabalho?
Tayn kohn-TRAH-too d truh-BAH-lyoo?
Do you have an employment contract?
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2
YOU REPLY
Sim, tenho contrato sem termo.
Seen, TEH-nyoo kohn-TRAH-too sayn TEHR-moo.
Yes, I have a permanent contract.
THEY SAY
Pode mostrar os últimos recibos de vencimento?
Pod moosh-TRAHR ooz OOL-tee-moozh rih-SEE-boozh d vihn-see-MAYN-too?
Can you show me your last payslips?
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3
YOU REPLY
Posso enviar por e-mail?
POH-soo ayn-vee-AHR poor ee-mayl?
Can I send them by e-mail?
THEY SAY
Perfeito. Envie-me tudo por e-mail.
Pir-FAY-too. Ayn-VEE-m TOO-doo poor ee-mayl.
Perfect. Send me everything by email.
They might also say:
Pode, sim. Envie para o meu e-mail.
Pod, seen. Ayn-VEE pruh oo meh-oo ee-mayl.
Yes, you can. Send them to my e-mail.
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4
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.

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Words worth knowing

Onde
Ohnd
adverb
where
é
eh
verb
is
trabalha
truh-BAH-lyuh
verb
(you) work
Trabalho
Truh-BAH-lyoo
noun
work
restaurante
rish-tow-RAHNT
noun
restaurant
Tem
Tayn
verb
have

22 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?
Não falo bem português.
Now FAH-loo bayn poor-too-GESH.
I don't speak Portuguese well.

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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