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Pay a bill at a Payshop point: what to say in Portuguese
At a Payshop point you can not only collect a parcel but also pay a bill, for example for water or electricity.
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How it's done. To pay a bill you usually need the details on it: the reference and the amount. Have the bill with you or on your phone.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
Posso pagar esta fatura aqui?
POH-soo puh-GAHR ESH-tuh fuh-TOO-ruh uh-KEE?
Can I pay this bill here?
Or say:Queria pagar uma conta.
KREE-uh puh-GAHR OO-muh KOHN-tuh.
THEY SAY
Tem a referência?Tayn uh rih-fih-RAYN-syuh?
Do you have the reference?
They might also say:
Mostre-me a fatura, se faz favor.
MOSH-trih-m uh fuh-TOO-ruh, s fahsh fuh-VOR.
Show me the bill, please.
2
YOU REPLY
Está aqui.
Shtah uh-KEE.
Here it is.
THEY SAY
São trinta e dois euros e quinze.Sow TREEN-tuh ee doyz EH-oo-rooz ee keenz.
It's thirty-two euros fifteen.
They might also say:
Fica quarenta e um e vinte.
FEE-kuh kwuh-RAYN-tuh ee oon ee veent.
That makes forty-one twenty.
3
YOU REPLY
Pode ser com cartão?
Pod sehr kohn kuhr-TOW?
Can I pay by card?
THEY SAY
Pode, sim. Aproxime o cartão.Pod, seen. Uh-proo-SEEM oo kuhr-TOW.
Yes, you can. Tap your card.
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.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
pagar
puh-GAHR
verb
to pay
fatura
fuh-TOO-ruh
noun
receipt, invoice
aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
referência
rih-fih-RAYN-syuh
noun
reference, payment reference
17 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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