Portuguese · Recibo de vencimento
Your hours were counted wrongly: what to say in Portuguese
The hours on your payslip have been calculated wrongly.
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How it's done. Write your hours and shifts down on your phone - it makes it easy to prove it if there's a mistake in your pay.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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YOU START
Acho que há um erro no meu recibo.
AH-shoo k uh oon EH-roo noo meh-oo rih-SEE-boo.
I think there's a mistake on my payslip.
Or say:Faltam as horas extra de sábado.
FAHL-tow uhz OH-ruhz ESH-truh d SAH-buh-doo.
Or say:Trabalhei cento e setenta horas, não cento e sessenta.
Truh-buh-LYAY SAYN-too ee sih-TAYN-tuh OH-ruhsh, now SAYN-too ee sih-SAYN-tuh.
THEY SAY
Tem os registos das horas?Tayn oozh rih-ZHEESH-toozh duhz OH-ruhsh?
Do you have a record of the hours?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, tenho tudo apontado.
Seen, TEH-nyoo TOO-doo uh-poon-TAH-doo.
Yes, I have everything written down.
THEY SAY
Vou verificar com a contabilidade.Voh vih-rih-fee-KAHR kohn uh kohn-tuh-bee-lee-DAHD.
I'll check with accounting.
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YOU REPLY
Obrigado. Quando é que corrigem?
Oh-bree-GAH-doo. KWAHN-doo eh k koo-REE-zhayn?
Thank you. When will you correct it?
THEY SAY
Até ao fim da semana.Uh-TEH ow feen duh sih-MAH-nuh.
By the end of the week.
They might also say:
Ainda esta semana.
Uh-EEN-duh ESH-tuh sih-MAH-nuh.
This week still.
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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
Acho
AH-shoo
verb
(I) think, it seems to me
há
uh
verb
there is, there are
erro
EH-roo
noun
mistake
recibo
rih-SEE-boo
noun
receipt
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
registos
rih-ZHEESH-toozh
noun
records
26 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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