arrendatário

Published 30 October 2026, 20:39

arrendatário — tenant

The person who rents. In contracts and in the tax authority's online account, the same person is more often called the locatário, and that is the word to look for on the portal; in conversation and in listings, inquilino is more common. The other party is the senhorio, also called the locador.

Where you come across it. A rental contract, the Portal das Finanças, articles 1096–⁠1098 of the Civil Code.

Everyone who will live in the home is named in the contract: this determines who gets the rent deduction from the tax authority and whose documents AIMA will accept.

Official website: imoveis.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/arrendamento

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