Glossary

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Published 8 November 2026, 22:23
portagem (toll)

The charge for using a toll road or bridge. It is collected in different ways: at a toll booth in cash or by card, through a Via Verde device, or by a camera reading your number plate on roads without toll booths (ex-SCUT), where you then pay at a machine, at the post office or in an app.

Where you come across it. A trip on an A-numbered motorway, the bridges over the Tagus, receipts and fines for unpaid tolls.
An unpaid camera toll grows on its own: collection costs are added to the amount, so it is cheaper to pay within the set number of days.