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Payments: useful Portuguese phrases

Clarify a payment, a receipt, or a refund.

Start with the essentials

Start with the essential words and expressions below. Next, learn the five specific phrases in the reference table. Finally, read both sides of the exchange and try the linked rehearsal before revealing its sample replies. This collection connects to the broader vocabulary topic.

Can I pay by card?
Posso pagar com cartão?
Can I pay by card?
Money
o dinheiro
Money
Receipt
o recibo
Receipt
How much?
quanto?
How much?

Make the conversation more specific

Useful Portuguese expressions for payments
What you want to say	Portuguese
Can I pay by card?	Posso pagar com cartão? Can I pay by card?
Money	o dinheiro Money
Receipt	o recibo Receipt
How much?	quanto? How much?
The card was declined.	O cartão foi recusado. Show English translation The card was declined.
Could I have a receipt?	Posso pedir um recibo? Show English translation Could I have a receipt?
When will the refund arrive?	Quando vou receber o reembolso? Show English translation When will the refund arrive?
Can I pay in installments?	Posso pagar parcelado? Show English translation Can I pay in installments?
Is there an extra charge?	Tem alguma taxa extra? Show English translation Is there an extra charge?

Read the other side of the exchange

Partner
Por favor, tente usar seu cartão na máquina.
Please try your card at the terminal.
You
O cartão foi recusado.
The card was declined.
Partner
Podemos tentar outro cartão. Desta vez, o pagamento foi aprovado.
We can try another card. The payment went through this time.
You
Posso pedir um recibo?
Could I have a receipt?

Payments in other languages

A note on speaking Portuguese

These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.

Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.