Portuguese · Supermercado
Ask for a receipt with your NIF: what to say in Portuguese
You want your tax number (NIF) on the receipt.
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How it's done. It's better to ask for the number on the receipt before paying: afterwards the cashier may not be able to add it.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
Pode pôr o meu contribuinte na fatura?
Pod por oo meh-oo kohn-tree-boo-EENT nuh fuh-TOO-ruh?
Can you put my tax number on the receipt?
Or say:Queria fatura com contribuinte, por favor.
KREE-uh fuh-TOO-ruh kohn kohn-tree-boo-EENT, poor fuh-VOR.
THEY SAY
Diga o número.DEE-guh oo NOOM-roo.
Tell me the number.
They might also say:
Qual é o número?
Kwahl eh oo NOOM-roo?
What is the number?
2
YOU REPLY
Está aqui, no cartão.
Shtah uh-KEE, noo kuhr-TOW.
Here it is, on the card.
THEY SAY
Pronto, está feito.PROHN-too, shtah FAY-too.
There, it's done.
They might also say:
Já está.
zhah shtah.
That's it.
3
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
Pode
Pod
verb
can
pôr
por
verb
to put
contribuinte
kohn-tree-boo-EENT
noun
taxpayer
fatura
fuh-TOO-ruh
noun
receipt, invoice
Diga
DEE-guh
verb
say
número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
10 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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