Portuguese · Andante / Metro do Porto
Bus driver: there are no journeys on your Andante card: what to say in Portuguese
On a bus in Porto, the driver says your card has no journeys on it.
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How it's done. On a bus you validate your Andante card by the driver when boarding; without journeys loaded it won't work - you can top it up at machines at metro stations.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
O cartão não tem viagens.Oo kuhr-TOW now tayn vee-AH-zhaynsh.
The card has no journeys.
They might also say:
Não consigo validar, o cartão está vazio.
Now kohn-SEE-goo vuh-lee-DAHR, oo kuhr-TOW shtah vuh-ZIH-oo.
I can't validate it, the card is empty.
Tem de carregar o cartão.
Tayn d kuh-rih-GAHR oo kuhr-TOW.
You need to top up the card.
YOU REPLY
Desculpe, não sabia. Onde posso carregar o cartão?
Dish-KOOLP, now suh-BEE-uh. Ohnd POH-soo kuh-rih-GAHR oo kuhr-TOW?
Sorry, I didn't know. Where can I top up the card?
Or say:Posso carregar aqui?
POH-soo kuh-rih-GAHR uh-KEE?
THEY SAY
Na máquina da estação.Nuh MAH-kee-nuh duh shtuh-SOW.
At the machine in the station.
They might also say:
Há máquinas nas estações de metro.
Uh MAH-kee-nuhzh nuhz shtuh-SOYZH d MEH-troo.
There are machines at the metro stations.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, desculpe.
Oh-bree-GAH-doo, dish-KOOLP.
Thank you, sorry.
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.
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Words worth knowing
cartão
kuhr-TOW
noun
card
não
now
adverb
no
tem
tayn
verb
have
viagens
vee-AH-zhaynsh
noun
trips
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
sabia
suh-BEE-uh
verb
knew (did you know?)
9 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.
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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