Recebo salário; confiro salário bruto, salário líquido e desconto em folha.

Both are 1st person singular in the present indicative:

• recebo = I receive / I get
• confiro = I check / I verify

They come from:

• receber → recebo
• conferir → confiro

So the sentence is written from the speaker’s point of view: I receive salary; I check gross salary, net salary, and payroll deduction.

In Portuguese, articles are often left out when talking about something in a general or institutional sense, especially in short statements, labels, routines, or job-related descriptions.

So:

• Recebo salário = I earn/get paid a salary
• Confiro salário bruto... = I check gross salary...

If you said o salário, it would sound more like a specific salary already known in context:

• Recebo o salário amanhã. = I receive the salary tomorrow.
• Confiro o salário no holerite. = I check the salary on the payslip.

Both can be correct, but the version without the article sounds very natural in a general statement.

Here confiro means I check, I verify, or I review.

The verb conferir can have a few related meanings depending on context, such as:

• to check / verify
• to compare
• sometimes to make sure something is correct

In this sentence, it means the speaker checks payroll information, not that they trust it.

Examples:

• Confiro os valores no recibo. = I check the amounts on the receipt.
• Vou conferir se está certo. = I’m going to check whether it’s correct.

These are very common payroll terms:

• salário bruto = gross salary
  the amount before taxes and other deductions

• salário líquido = net salary / take-home pay
  the amount after deductions

So the sentence lists the kinds of salary information the speaker checks.

Desconto em folha means a payroll deduction, that is, money taken directly from a worker’s pay.

Breaking it down:

• desconto = deduction / discount
• folha here refers to folha de pagamento = payroll

So desconto em folha literally suggests a deduction on the payroll.

Common examples include:

• taxes
• benefits
• loan payments
• union dues

In Brazilian Portuguese, this expression is very common in work and HR contexts.

Em folha is a shorter, fixed expression often used in payroll language.

You may also hear:

• desconto em folha
• desconto na folha
• desconto na folha de pagamento

These are related, but desconto em folha is a very standard set phrase in Brazilian Portuguese.

So even though folha by itself literally means sheet or page, in this context it refers to payroll.

The semicolon separates two closely related actions:

• Recebo salário
• confiro salário bruto, salário líquido e desconto em folha

It works a bit like a stronger comma or a lighter period. It shows that the speaker is listing related work/payroll actions in a compact way.

In everyday writing, many people might also use:

• a comma
• a period
• or even e (and)

For example:

• Recebo salário e confiro salário bruto, salário líquido e desconto em folha.

The semicolon is just a stylistic punctuation choice.

Repeating salário makes the list clearer:

• salário bruto
• salário líquido
• desconto em folha

If you removed the repetition, you could say:

• Confiro o salário bruto, o líquido e o desconto em folha.

That can work, but the original version is more explicit and sounds like a neat list of payroll items. Repetition is very common in Portuguese when the speaker wants clarity.

Yes. In natural English, I get paid or I earn a salary may sound more idiomatic than the very literal I receive salary.

Possible natural translations include:

• I get paid; I check gross pay, net pay, and payroll deductions.
• I receive a salary; I check gross salary, net salary, and payroll deductions.
• I earn a salary and check gross pay, net pay, and deductions from payroll.

The Portuguese recebo salário is simple and natural, even if the most natural English version may vary.

By default, this present tense sentence is usually understood as habitual or general:

• Recebo salário = I receive a salary / I get paid
• Confiro... = I check...

So it sounds like something the speaker normally does, not necessarily only at this exact moment.

Portuguese present tense often covers both:

• habitual actions
• general facts
• sometimes actions happening now, depending on context

Here it most naturally reads as a general routine.

Yes. In Brazil, payroll vocabulary can vary by region and workplace. Common terms include:

• holerite = payslip
• contracheque = payslip
• folha de pagamento = payroll

So in real life, someone might say:

• Confiro meu holerite.
• Confiro o contracheque.
• Vejo os descontos em folha.

The sentence you were given uses broader payroll terms, but these other words are very common too.