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   Note: This section last updated 13th December 2020

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator). A space is also used as a thousands separator.

   Note: This section last updated 1st June 2021

   dd-mm-yyyy
   dd/mm/yyyy

The 24-hour clock notation is used.

   14:32  

Portuguese is spoken by the most of the population. There are 5 000 Caló -speakers; 15 000 Galician -speakers in Tras Os Montes; 10 000 speakers of Mirandesa , also in Tras Os Montes; and 500 Vlach Romani -speakers.

This is written à atenção do Exmo. Senhor ... for men and à atenção do Exma. Senhora ... for women in Portuguese. It may be abbreviated to A/c.

The Portuguese each have four names: two first names and two surnames, which will differ within the same family. The first surname comes from the mother, the second from the father. When addressing women, the first name should be used after the form of address. When addressing men, a first name or a surname may be used after the form of address. First names are more important in Portugal than in many other countries. The whole name should be written in addresses.

Upon marriage, Portuguese women may retain their maiden surnames; add their husband’s paternal surname (or both surnames, sometimes with the connector de) to her maiden surname(s); or drop her maternal surname and add her husband’s paternal surname. For example, if Ana María Goncalves Gorguiera marries Luiz Pazos Silva she may become one of the following:

   Ana María Goncalves Gorguiera
   Ana María Goncalves Gorgueira Silva
   Ana María Goncalves Gorgueira de Silva
   Ana María Goncalves Gorgueira Pazos Silva
   Ana María Goncalves Gorgueira de Pazos Silva
   Ana María Gorgueira Silva

Children may take all of their parents’ surnames or only the paternal surnames:

   Carlos João Gorguiera Silva
   Carlos João Gorguiera Pazos Silva
   Carlos João Goncalves Gorguiera Pazos Silva
   Carlos Silva

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 2nd January 2020

C.^a in a company name means Companhia (Company). Other company types found in Portuguese address are:

   ACE (Agrupamento Complementar de Empresas – association of businesses)
   Associação (Ass) - association
   CRL (Cooperative de responsabilidade limitada)
   EIRL (Single shareholder company)
   Empresa Publicas
   Lda (Sociedade por quotas)
   SA (Sociedade Anõnima orSociedade Aberta)
   SF (Sociedade Fechada)
   SGPS (Sociedad gestora de participações socialis – holding enterprise)
   Unipessoal Limitada - single member company

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 28th March 2021

Addresses consist of three or four lines, comprising the following:

1. The recipient’s name
2. The street name and number
3. The district/locality (not obligatory)
4. The postal code and town.

Addresses are written in this format:

   Recipient name
   Thoroughfare type[ ]Thoroughfare name[ ]number{[ ]number suffix details/staircase/floor etc.}
   {District/zone/estate etc.}
   {Locality}
   postal code[ ]TOWN NAME

For example:

Addresses may be found where the house number is preceded by a comma, like this:

   Rua Conde Redondo, 80

As in Spain, the house number is often followed by a series of letters and punctuation to indicate floor numbers, stairway numbers and so on. The name and address of the sender should not be written on the back but on the top left-hand corner of the front of the envelope.

For post office box or box addresses, the format is:

   Recipient name
   Box number
   Post office name
   postal code[ ]TOWN NAME

For example:

EC is the abbreviation of Estaçao de Correios and CDP of Centro de Distribuição Postal.

The exact form of the thoroughfare type and any prepositions within the address will be determined by grammar. For example, you will find the following:

   Rua de            masculine singular before a proper noun
   Rua do            masculine singular before any other noun
   Rua da            feminine singular
   Rua dos           masculine plural
   Rua das           feminine plural

Portuguese addresses often contain indications of floor or staircase number and so on, which are needed for the correct delivery of a package. The following words give these indications:

   andar                     floor
   anexo                     annex  
   bloco (bl.)               block      
   casa                      house   
   direito (dto.)            right
   entrada (ent.)            entrance      
   esquerdo (esq.)           left
   frente                    front   
   lote                      lot       
   porta                     door     
   rés-do-chão (r/c)         ground floor
   trás                      behind

The words ‘first’, ‘second’ and so on are written as a number followed by a superscript ‘o’ (^o), for example:

   1°, 2° 

etc.

The CTT (Portuguese postal services) prefer that the complete address is written in upper case.

When abbreviation is required, follow these guidelines:

   - Thoroughfare types (Rua, Avenida etc.) may be abbreviated
   - Prepositions (de, da, das, do, dos) may be suppressed
   - Forms of address (Doutor, Engenheiro etc.) may be abbreviated or suppressed.
   - CTT prefers that full stops should not be used in abbreviations
   - For thoroughfare and place names:
      - No abbreviations should be used when they consist of only one word
      - When they consiste of more than one word, the first and last words should not be abbreviated (except where these are a form of address).
   - No abbreviations should be used on the postal code line.

These tables contain CTT-approved abbreviations. Other, commonly found, abbreviations found within addresses are listed in the sections below.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Portugal - Forms of address used in addresses

Building types

Sub-building types

Thoroughfare types

Other indicators

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Other elements commonly found in address databases

This is written as Apartado. The old designator, Case Postale, may still be found in addresses.

The Portuguese postal service (C.T.T.) has changed the postal code (Código Postal) system in 1999-2000. The old codes consisted of a block of 4 digits, starting with a number between 1 and 9, and are always followed on the last line of the address by the town name in upper case.

In 1999, three extra digits were added to this code to identify smaller areas (streets, blocks, districts, small settlements or groups of small settlements) or large-users within these large postal code districts.

In the codes, the seven digits is formatted:

   9999-999

The first four digits will correspond to the old postal code. Where the fourth digit is a 0 or 5, the code is usually that of a central distribution point.

When the old four-digit code was still in use, large users were indicated by the word CODEX after the name of the town. Now that the seven-digit code is used, the word CODEX should no longer be found in or used for addresses.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Portugal - Postal code format graphic

Portugal - Postal code format

Portugal - Postal code specifics

Portugal - Postal code regular expression

Portugal - Postal code level of coverage

Portugal - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 16th June 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Portugal for full lists of place names in Portugal in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Portugal has 18 districts ( distritos , singular - distrito)and the two autonomous island groups ( regioes autonomas , singular - regiao autonoma) of Ilhas dos Açores (Azores) and Ilha de Madeira :

Districts

    Aveiro 
    Beja 
    Braga 
    Bragança 
    Castelo Branco 
    Coimbra 
    Évora 
    Faro 
    Guarda 
    Leiria 
    Lisboa 
    Portalegre    
    Porto 
    Santarém 
    Setúbal 
    Viana do Castelo 
    Vila Real 
    Viseu 

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Portuguese mobile numbers have area codes commencing with a 9.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm