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Pay tuition fees (propinas): what to say in Portuguese
You ask about tuition fees (propinas).
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How it's done. Propinas - tuition fees; ação social - the service that helps students with grants and housing.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
Quanto são as propinas?
KWAHN-too sow uhsh proo-PEE-nuhsh?
How much are the tuition fees?
THEY SAY
Para este curso são mil euros por ano.Pruh esht KOOR-soo sow meel EH-oo-roosh poor AH-noo.
For this course it's one thousand euros a year.
2
YOU REPLY
Posso pagar as propinas em prestações?
POH-soo puh-GAHR uhsh proo-PEE-nuhz ayn prish-tuh-SOYSH?
Can I pay the fees in instalments?
THEY SAY
Pode pagar em dez prestações. Até ao dia dez de cada mês.Pod puh-GAHR ayn desh prish-tuh-SOYSH. Uh-TEH ow DEE-uh dezh d KAH-duh mesh.
You can pay in ten instalments. By the tenth of each month.
They might also say:
Pode pagar em dez prestações.
Pod puh-GAHR ayn desh prish-tuh-SOYSH.
You can pay in ten instalments.
3
YOU REPLY
Há algum apoio para quem tem proteção temporária?
Uh uhl-GOON uh-POY-oo pruh kayn tayn proo-tih-SOW tem-poo-RAH-ryuh?
Is there any support for people with temporary protection?
THEY SAY
Pergunte nos serviços de ação social.Pir-GOONT noosh sir-VEE-soozh d uh-SOW soo-see-AHL.
Ask at the social support services.
4
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
são
sow
verb
are (plural)
propinas
proo-PEE-nuhsh
noun
tuition fees
curso
KOOR-soo
noun
course, programme
euros
EH-oo-roosh
noun
euros
ano
AH-noo
noun
year
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
30 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
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