inquilino
Published 5 November 2026, 15:07
A tenant — the person who rents. The same person is called different things in different papers: arrendatário in the law, locatário on the Portal das Finanças, inquilino in conversation (plural: inquilinos). If everyone who actually lives there is named in the contract, it is easier for each of them to prove their address later.
Where you come across it. A tenancy agreement, finding the contract on the tax portal, proof of address for AIMA and the municipality.
Don't be thrown by three different words for the same role — inquilino, arrendatário and locatário are interchangeable; the only difference is the style of the document.