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The operator asks for the contract number or meter code: what to say in Portuguese
The electricity or water company operator asks you to read out the contract number or meter code.
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How it's done. Contract numbers and codes are long - read them out two or three digits at a time, and explain letters with words (P de Porto).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
Diga-me o número do contrato.DEE-guh-m oo NOOM-roo doo kohn-TRAH-too.
Tell me the contract number.
They might also say:
Tem o código do contador?
Tayn oo KOH-dee-goo doo kohn-tuh-DOR?
Do you have the meter code?
YOU REPLY
É três, zero, sete, dois, cinco, um.
Eh tresh, ZEH-roo, set, doysh, SEEN-koo, oon.
It's three, zero, seven, two, five, one.
THEY SAY
Pode repetir mais devagar?Pod rih-pih-TEER mighzh dvuh-GAHR?
Can you repeat that more slowly?
They might also say:
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Could you repeat that, please?
2
YOU REPLY
Claro. Vou repetir mais devagar.
KLAH-roo. Voh rih-pih-TEER mighzh dvuh-GAHR.
Of course. I'll repeat it more slowly.
THEY SAY
Muito bem, já encontrei.MWEE-too bayn, zhah ayn-koon-TRAY.
Very good, I've found it.
They might also say:
Pronto, já encontrei.
PROHN-too, zhah ayn-koon-TRAY.
Right, I've found 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
Diga-me
DEE-guh-m
verb
tell me
número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
contrato
kohn-TRAH-too
noun
contract
É
Eh
verb
is
Pode
Pod
verb
can
repetir
rih-pih-TEER
verb
to repeat
17 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 repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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