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The cashier asks about a loyalty card: what to say in Portuguese
The cashier asks about the shop's customer card, which gives discounts.
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How it's done. Loyalty cards from the big chains are free and often give discounts; you can sign up at the till or in the app.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
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Tem cartão?Tayn kuhr-TOW?
Do you have a card?
They might also say:
Tem cartão de cliente?
Tayn kuhr-TOW d klee-AYNT?
Do you have a customer card?
Quer usar o cartão?
Kehr oo-ZAHR oo kuhr-TOW?
Are you going to use your card?
YOU REPLY
Não tenho.
Now TEH-nyoo.
I don't have one.
Or say:Sim, está aqui no telemóvel.
Seen, shtah uh-KEE noo tlih-MOH-vel.
Or say:Como posso fazer o cartão?
KOH-moo POH-soo fuh-ZEHR oo kuhr-TOW?
THEY SAY
Aqui tem o talão.uh-KEE tayn oo tuh-LOW.
Here is your receipt.
They might also say:
Aqui está o talão.
uh-KEE shtah oo tuh-LOW.
Here is the receipt.
2
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
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
cartão
kuhr-TOW
noun
card
Não
Now
adverb
no
tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
Aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
talão
tuh-LOW
noun
receipt
2 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Desculpe, não percebi.
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE.
Sorry, I didn't understand.
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