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Ask about the monthly fee (mensalidade): what to say in Portuguese
You want to understand the monthly nursery fee (mensalidade) and whether there are discounts.
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How it's done. At many nurseries the fee depends on family income (escalão); to calculate it they ask for income documents.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
Quanto é a mensalidade?
KWAHN-too eh uh mayn-suh-lee-DAHD?
How much is the monthly fee?
THEY SAY
Depende dos rendimentos da família.Dih-PAYND doozh rihn-dee-MAYN-toozh duh fuh-MEE-lyuh.
It depends on the family's income.
2
YOU REPLY
Que documentos preciso de trazer?
K doo-koo-MAYN-toosh prih-SIH-zoo d truh-ZEHR?
Which documents do I need to bring?
THEY SAY
A declaração de IRS e os recibos.Uh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW d ee-ehr-es ee oozh rih-SEE-boosh.
The IRS return and the payslips.
They might also say:
Precisa da declaração de IRS e dos recibos.
Prih-SEE-zuh duh dih-kluh-ruh-SOW d ee-ehr-es ee doozh rih-SEE-boosh.
You need the IRS return and the payslips.
3
YOU REPLY
Há desconto para irmãos?
Uh dish-KOHN-too pruh eer-MOWSH?
Is there a discount for siblings?
THEY SAY
O segundo filho tem desconto.Oo sih-GOON-doo FEE-lyoo tayn dish-KOHN-too.
The second child gets a discount.
They might also say:
Sim, para o segundo filho há desconto.
Seen, pruh oo sih-GOON-doo FEE-lyoo uh dish-KOHN-too.
Yes, there is a discount for the second child.
4
YOU REPLY
Até que dia se paga?
Uh-TEH k DEE-uh s PAH-guh?
By what day do I pay?
THEY SAY
Até ao dia oito de cada mês.Uh-TEH ow DEE-uh OY-too d KAH-duh mesh.
By the eighth of each month.
5
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.
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Words worth knowing
é
eh
verb
is
mensalidade
mayn-suh-lee-DAHD
noun
monthly fee
Depende
Dih-PAYND
verb
depends
rendimentos
rihn-dee-MAYN-toozh
noun
incomes
família
fuh-MEE-lyuh
noun
family
documentos
doo-koo-MAYN-toosh
noun
documents
31 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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