Negotiating salary: Responding to a job offer
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Key Phrases
Recebeu a nossa proposta de trabalho?
Did you receive our job offer?
Quanto gostaria de receber?
How much would you like to earn?
Envio o contrato hoje por e-mail.
I'll send the contract by email today.
Skills You'll Learn
Negotiating salary and working conditions
Negociar salário e condições de trabalho
Talking about job benefits (allowances, holidays)
Falar sobre benefícios de emprego (subsídios, férias)
Formally accepting a job offer
Aceitar formalmente uma proposta de trabalho
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you've just received a job offer from a company in Lisbon. You want to talk about the salary and agree on a better deal before accepting.
Bom dia! Recebeu a nossa proposta de trabalho?
Good morning! Did you receive our job offer?
Bom dia! Recebi, sim. Muito obrigado pela proposta.
Good morning! Yes, I did. Thank you very much for the offer.
Ótimo. O que acha?
Great. What do you think?
Gosto muito do trabalho. Mas o salário é um pouco baixo.
I really like the job. But the salary is a bit low.
Compreendo. Quanto gostaria de receber?
I understand. How much would you like to earn?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Recebeu
rreh-seh-BEH-oo
Did you receive
💬 Recebeu is the same form used for "he/she received" and for a polite "you received", so context tells you who's meant. Portuguese usually drops the word for "you" entirely in questions like this.
See breakdown →Trabalho
tra-BAH-lyoo
Job
Proposta de trabalho
proo-POSH-tah duh tra-BAH-lyoo
Job offer
Recebeu a nossa proposta de trabalho?
rreh-seh-BEH-oo uh NOH-suh proo-POSH-tah duh tra-BAH-lyoo
Did you receive our job offer?
Recebi, sim.
rreh-seh-BEE seeng
I received it, yes.
💬 Portuguese often says yes by repeating the verb instead of just saying sim. Asked Gosta? "Do you like it?", you'd answer Gosto, sim.
See breakdown →Muito obrigado
MWEEN-too oh-bree-GAH-doo
Thank you very much
💬 Obrigado matches the person speaking, not the person being thanked. A man says obrigado, a woman says obrigada.
See breakdown →Pela proposta
PEH-luh proo-POSH-tah
For the offer
💬 Por + a merges into pela. With a masculine word it becomes pelo, as in pelo e-mail "for the email".
See breakdown →Muito obrigado pela proposta.
MWEEN-too oh-bree-GAH-doo PEH-luh proo-POSH-tah
Thank you very much for the offer.
O que acha?
oh keh AH-shah
What do you think?
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