Portuguese · Reparação de telemóveis
Buy a SIM card and a plan: what to say in Portuguese
You want to buy a Portuguese SIM card and a plan.
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How it's done. A prepaid plan is pré-pago (carregamento - top-up), a contract is pós-pago (often with fidelização, a minimum commitment period).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
Queria um cartão SIM pré-pago.
KREE-uh oon kuhr-TOW seen preh-PAH-goo.
I'd like a prepaid SIM card.
THEY SAY
Quer ligar para a Ucrânia?Kehr lee-GAHR pruh uh oo-KRAH-nyuh?
Do you need to call Ukraine?
2
YOU REPLY
Sim, com chamadas internacionais.
Seen, kohn shuh-MAH-duhz een-tir-nuh-syoo-NIGHSH.
Yes, with international calls.
THEY SAY
Este tem dez gigas por mês.Esht tayn dezh ZHEE-guhsh poor mesh.
This one has ten gigabytes a month.
3
YOU REPLY
Esse está bem. Como é que carrego?
Es shtah bayn. KOH-moo eh k kuh-REH-goo?
That one's fine. How do I top it up?
THEY SAY
Pode carregar no multibanco ou na aplicação.Pod kuh-rih-GAHR noo mool-tee-BAHN-koo oh nuh uh-plee-kuh-SOW.
You can top up at a cash machine or in the app.
They might also say:
No multibanco ou na aplicação.
Noo mool-tee-BAHN-koo oh nuh uh-plee-kuh-SOW.
At a cash machine or in the app.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
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
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
cartão
kuhr-TOW
noun
card
SIM
seen
adverb
yes
pré-pago
preh-PAH-goo
adjective
prepaid
Quer
Kehr
verb
want
ligar
lee-GAHR
verb
to call
30 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?
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