Portuguese for a Payment Reminder: Follow Up With a Client — Practice

Check whether the client received the invoice

Invoice is fatura or cobrança, depending on what the document is. Before assuming a delay, ask whether the client received it and whether any information needs correction.

Identify the project and invoice date in your message. This gives the client enough context to find the right document.

Ask about the expected payment date

Use previsão de pagamento to ask when payment is expected. Ask if the client needs another copy or a different payment detail, and keep your reminder factual and courteous.

Payment terms depend on the agreement and relevant local requirements. Check your contract or ask an appropriate professional when you need advice about rights or collection steps.

Keep a useful written record

If you discuss payment by phone, send a short follow-up summarizing what you agreed. Keep the amount, due date, and reference number clear so both sides can review the same details.

Avoid adding frustration to the first reminder. A neutral message gives the client a clear chance to explain if something has changed.

Remember: Confirm receipt first, ask for the expected date, and keep the amount and agreed terms documented.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. Did you receive the invoice for the project sent on Monday?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você recebeu a fatura do projeto enviada na segunda-feira?

2. Would you like me to resend the document?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Precisa que eu reenvie o documento?

3. Could you let me know the expected payment date?

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você consegue me informar a previsão de pagamento?

4. The due date is the 20th, as stated in the approved proposal.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   O vencimento é no dia 20, conforme a proposta aprovada.

5. Thanks for confirming. I'll expect the payment on Friday.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Obrigado por confirmar. Vou aguardar o pagamento na sexta-feira.

6. If there is any issue with the document, let me know.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Se houver algum problema com o documento, me avise.

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Confirm receipt first, ask for the expected date, and keep the amount and agreed terms documented.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our Portuguese for a Payment Reminder: Follow Up With a Client lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

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