Portuguese · Supermercado
The cashier asks: card or cash: what to say in Portuguese
The cashier gives the total and asks how you'll pay.
💡
How it's done. Cards are accepted almost everywhere; Multibanco is the name for both the cash machine and card payment.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
The first phrase is open: tap ▶ to listen, or “Show” to show it to the other person. The rest of the dialogue is in the course in the app.
1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Cartão ou dinheiro?Kuhr-TOW oh dih-NYAY-roo?
Card or cash?
They might also say:
Paga com cartão?
PAH-guh kohn kuhr-TOW?
Are you paying by card?
Multibanco?
Mool-tee-BAHN-koo?
By card?
YOU REPLY
Com cartão, por favor.
Kohn kuhr-TOW, poor fuh-VOR.
By card, please.
Or say:Em dinheiro.
Ayn dih-NYAY-roo.
Or say:Posso pagar com MB Way?
POH-soo puh-GAHR kohn EH-meh-beh way?
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
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
Cartão
Kuhr-TOW
noun
card
dinheiro
dih-NYAY-roo
noun
money
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness
Aqui
uh-KEE
adverb
here
tem
tayn
verb
have
talão
tuh-LOW
noun
receipt
6 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?
Similar situations
Found a mistake? Write to us and we will fix it. This is language help, not medical or legal advice.Report