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Ask about hours and salary: what to say in Portuguese
At the interview you want to check the hours and the salary.
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How it's done. On official permanent contracts there are usually 14 salary payments a year: separate "holiday" and "Christmas" payments (subsídio de férias / de Natal); check whether the amount is bruto (gross) or líquido (net).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
Qual é o horário de trabalho?
Kwahl eh oo oo-RAH-ryoo d truh-BAH-lyoo?
What are the working hours?
THEY SAY
Das nove às seis, com uma hora de almoço.Duhzh nov uhsh saysh, kohn OO-muh OH-ruh d uhl-MOH-soo.
From nine to six, with an hour for lunch.
They might also say:
É por turnos, com duas folgas por semana.
Eh poor TOOR-noosh, kohn DOO-uhsh FOL-guhsh poor sih-MAH-nuh.
It's shift work, with two days off a week.
2
YOU REPLY
Qual é o salário?
Kwahl eh oo suh-LAH-ryoo?
What's the salary?
THEY SAY
São mil euros brutos, mais subsídio de alimentação.Sow meel EH-oo-roozh BROO-toosh, mighsh soob-SEE-dyoo d uh-lee-mayn-tuh-SOW.
It's a thousand euros gross, plus a meal allowance.
3
YOU REPLY
E quanto fica líquido?
Ee KWAHN-too FEE-kuh LEE-kee-doo?
And how much is that net?
THEY SAY
Mais ou menos oitocentos e noventa.Mighz oh MEH-nooz oy-too-SAYN-tooz ee noo-VAYN-tuh.
Roughly eight hundred and ninety.
4
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
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
é
eh
verb
is
horário
oo-RAH-ryoo
noun
timetable, schedule
trabalho
truh-BAH-lyoo
noun
work
hora
OH-ruh
noun
hour
almoço
uhl-MOH-soo
noun
lunch
salário
suh-LAH-ryoo
noun
salary
27 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 escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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