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The ticket clerk asks which pass you need: what to say in Portuguese

The metro ticket clerk asks which pass you need.

Metro6 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Municipal - a pass for the city only, metropolitano - for the whole metropolitan area, including suburban trains and buses.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
Municipal ou metropolitano?
Moo-nee-see-PAHL oh mih-troo-poo-lee-TAH-noo?
Municipal or metropolitan?
They might also say:
Que passe quer?
K pahs kehr?
Which pass would you like?
YOU REPLY
Qual é a diferença?
Kwahl eh uh dih-fih-RAYN-suh?
What's the difference?
THEY SAY
O municipal é para Lisboa, o metropolitano para a área toda.
Oo moo-nee-see-PAHL eh pruh leezh-BOH-uh, oo mih-troo-poo-lee-TAH-noo pruh uh AH-ryuh TOH-duh.
The municipal one is for Lisbon, the metropolitan one for the whole area.
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YOU REPLY
Metropolitano, por favor.
Mih-troo-poo-lee-TAH-noo, poor fuh-VOR.
Metropolitan, please.
THEY SAY
Muito bem.
MWEE-too bayn.
Very good.
They might also say:
Perfeito.
pir-FAY-too.
Perfect.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!

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Words worth knowing

Municipal
Moo-nee-see-PAHL
adjective
municipal (within the city only)
metropolitano
mih-troo-poo-lee-TAH-noo
adjective
metropolitan (of a pass: for the whole metropolitan area)
é
eh
verb
is
diferença
dih-fih-RAYN-suh
noun
difference
área
AH-ryuh
noun
area, field
favor
fuh-VOR
noun
favour, kindness

11 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?
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?

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