as contas

bills

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phrase Uncommon #10,500

bills Can also mean accounts, depending on context. In expressions like acertar as contas, it means to settle up or pay what is owed.

PO: No fim do mês, preciso pagar as contas.

EN: At the end of the month, I need to pay the bills.

Eu guardarei as contas.

I will keep the accounts.

— O Leopardo (1963)

As contas vencem no fim do mês.

The bills are due at the end of the month.

— Dinheiro Suspeito (2026)

Basta somar as contas.

You just need to add up the bills.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Você pagou as contas do Tom?

Did you pay Tom's bills?

Cortaram meu telefone por que não paguei as contas.

My phone was cut off because I didn't pay my bills.

Você mantém as contas, eu mantenho minha coragem!

You keep the accounts, I'll keep my courage!

— Tumbbad (2018)

Já tá acertando as contas lá em cima.

He's already settling the score up there.

— Central do Brasil (1998)

Estão queimando as contas de água.

They are burning the water bills.

— Conflito das Águas (2011)

E as contas dos teus amigos.

And your friends' accounts.

— O Mestre das Armas (2006)

Você imagina as contas do aquecimento?

Can you imagine the heating bills?

— Os Visitantes (1993)

Ela paga as contas.

She pays the bills.

— Chicago (2002)

Sem trabalho, fica difícil manter as contas em dia.

Without work, it's difficult to keep up with the bills.

Exatamente, e passamos o dinheiro para as contas de instituições de caridade.

Exactly, and we transfer the money to charitable institutions' accounts.

— Invasores - Nenhum Sistema Está à Salvo (2014)

Mas não são os shows que pagam as contas.

But it's not the shows that pay the bills.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Era só fazer as contas.

All you had to do was do the math.

— Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro (2010)

Mas isso não paga as contas.

But that doesn't pay the bills.

— Suzume (2022)

As contas do restaurante estão horríveis.

The restaurant bills are awful.

— O Segredo de Aman (2003)

Faça as contas.

Do the math.

— O Carteiro e o Poeta (1994)

Eles têm dinheiro suficiente para as contas deles.

They have enough money to pay their bills.

Paga as contas das minhas filhas?

Will you pay my daughters' bills?

— Dinheiro Suspeito (2026)

Pelo menos mantém as contas?

At least you keep the accounts?

— Tumbbad (2018)

Tu pagaste as contas do Tom?

Did you pay Tom's bills?

Eles pagam as contas deles, mas a gente não paga as nossas?

They pay their bills, but we don't pay ours?

— Dinheiro Suspeito (2026)

As contas foram todas pagas?

Have all the bills been paid?

Ele me pediu mais cedo para lidar com as contas em sua empresa.

He asked me earlier to handle the accounts at his company.

— Queen (2014)

Já fez as contas?

Have you done the math?

— As Travessuras de uma Sereia (2016)