Portuguese · Recibo de vencimento
The accountant explains the deductions from your pay: what to say in Portuguese
The accountant explains what is deducted from your pay.
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How it's done. Income tax (IRS) and a Social Security contribution are deducted from your pay; that's why the líquido (take-home) amount is less than the bruto (gross).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 bruto são mil euros. Depois há os descontos.Oo BROO-too sow meel EH-oo-roosh. Dih-POYZ uh oozh dish-KOHN-toosh.
The gross is a thousand euros. Then there are the deductions.
They might also say:
Desconta para a Segurança Social e o IRS.
Dish-KOHN-tuh pruh uh sih-goo-RAHN-suh soo-see-AHL ee oo ee-ehr-es.
Social Security and IRS are deducted.
O subsídio de alimentação vem à parte.
Oo soob-SEE-dyoo d uh-lee-mayn-tuh-SOW vayn uh pahrt.
The meal allowance is paid separately.
YOU REPLY
Então quanto recebo líquido?
Ayn-TOW KWAHN-too rih-SEH-boo LEE-kee-doo?
So how much do I get 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.
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YOU REPLY
E o subsídio de férias?
Ee oo soob-SEE-dyoo d FEH-ryuhsh?
And the holiday pay?
THEY SAY
Vem no recibo de junho.Vayn noo rih-SEE-boo d ZHOO-nyoo.
It comes with the June payslip.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too 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.
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Words worth knowing
bruto
BROO-too
adjective
gross, before tax
são
sow
verb
are (plural)
euros
EH-oo-roosh
noun
euros
Depois
Dih-POYZ
adverb
then, after
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
descontos
dish-KOHN-toosh
noun
discounts
21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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