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How to Say ‘Do you have a Viva Viagem card?’ in Portuguese

Tem cartão Viva Viagem?

tayng kar-TOWN VEE-vah vee-AH-zhaym

[tayng kar-TOWN VEE-vah vee-AH-zhaym]

🇵🇹 In Portugal: The Viva Viagem is Lisbon's rechargeable transport card, sold at metro stations. You load credit on it and tap it on trams, buses and the metro.

Phrase Breakdown

Tem cartão

tayng kar-TOWN

Do you have a card

'Tem' is the formal 'do you have'. Both words are nasal: 'tãy kar-TÃW'.

Example

Tem cartão de crédito?

Do you have a credit card?

Words in this phrase

Tem

[tayng]

you have (formal)

Form of 'ter' (to have) used with 'você' or the polite third person to address a stranger.

Example

O senhor tem um carro bonito.

You have a nice car, sir.

cartão

[kar-TOWN]

card

Masculine noun for a card, such as a transport or bank card.

Example

Perdi o meu cartão.

I lost my card.

Viva Viagem?

VEE-vah vee-AH-zhaym

Viva Viagem (Lisbon transport card)?

This is the name of Lisbon's rechargeable transport card. Say 'VEE-vah vee-AH-zhãy'. The 'g' sounds like the 's' in 'measure'.

Example

Carreguei o Viva Viagem.

I topped up the Viva Viagem.

Words in this phrase

Viva

[VEE-vah]

Viva (name)

Part of the name of Lisbon's rechargeable transport card; literally 'live'.

Example

Carreguei o cartão Viva.

I topped up the Viva card.

Viagem

[vee-AH-zhaym]

journey

Feminine noun for trip or journey; part of the card's name.

Example

Boa viagem!

Have a good trip!

Guides for Portuguese learners

The Portuguese You Actually Need in Your First Month in PortugalThe European Portuguese phrases for your first weeks in Portugal: paperwork, renting a flat, the bank, the health centre, cafés, trains and your new neighbours.

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