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The seller asks for ID and your NIF for the SIM card: what to say in Portuguese
To set up the SIM card, the assistant asks for a document and your NIF.
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How it's done. For a SIM card they often ask for an identity document, and for a contract also a NIF and an IBAN.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
Preciso de um documento de identificação.Prih-SIH-zoo d oon doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW.
I need an identity document.
They might also say:
Preciso de ver um documento de identificação.
Prih-SEE-zoo d vehr oon doo-koo-MAYN-too d ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW.
I need to see an identity document.
YOU REPLY
Pode ser o título de residência?
Pod sehr oo TEE-too-loo d rih-zih-DAYN-syuh?
Will a residence permit do?
THEY SAY
Serve. Tem NIF português?Sehrv. Tayn neef poor-too-GESH?
That's fine. Do you have a Portuguese NIF?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, aqui está o NIF.
Seen, uh-KEE shtah oo neef.
Yes, here is my NIF.
THEY SAY
Assine aqui o contrato.Uh-SEEN uh-KEE oo kohn-TRAH-too.
Sign the contract here.
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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
Preciso
Prih-SIH-zoo
verb
(I) need
documento
doo-koo-MAYN-too
noun
document
identificação
ee-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-SOW
noun
identification
Pode
Pod
verb
can
ser
sehr
verb
to be
título
TEE-too-loo
noun
document, permit
14 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?
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