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Today we start a new series of posts with irregular verbs in the main tenses in Portuguese. I’m pretty sure you already know all the persons in the conjugations so I am going to give only the verb forms. I used the Brazilian form pronouns eu (I), você (you), ele (he), nós (we), you (vocês) and eles (they).

Make sure you know these conjugations by heart because they are extremely important on your path towards fluency.

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First conjugation (verbs ending in -ar)

Dar (to give) – dou, dá, dá, damos, dão, dão
Estar (to be) – estou, está, está, estamos, estão, estão

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Second conjugation (verbs ending in -er)

Caber (to fit) – caibo, cabe, cabe, cabemos, cabem, cabem
Crer (to believe) – creio, crê, crê, cremos, creem, creem
Dizer (to say) – digo, diz, diz, dizemos, dizem, dizem
Fazer (to do) – faço, faz, faz, fazemos, fazem, fazem
Ler (to read) – leio, lê, lê, lemos, leem, leem
Perder (to lose) – perco, perde, perde, perdemos, perdem, perdem
Poder (to be able) – posso, pode, pode, podemos, podem, podem
Pôr* (to put) – ponho, põe, põe, pomos, põem, põem
Querer (to want) – quero, quer, quer, queremos, querem, querem
Saber (to know) – sei, sabe, sabe, sabemos, sabem, sabem
Ser (to be) – sou, é, é, somos, são, são
Ter (to have) – tenho, tem, tem, temos, têm, têm
Trazer (to bring) – trago, traz, traz, trazemos, trazem, trazem
Valer (to be worth) – valho, vale, vale, valemos, valem, valem
Ver (to see) – vejo, vê, vê, vemos, veem, veem

*The verb pôr is under the second conjugation because it was originally written as “poer” in ancient Portuguese.

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Third conjugation (verbs ending in -ir)

Ir (to go) – vou, vai, vai, vamos, vão, vão
Pedir (to ask for) – peço, pede, pede, pedimos, pedem, pedem
Ouvir (to hear) – ouço, ouve, ouve, ouvimos, ouvem, ouvem
Rir (to laugh) – rio, ri, ri, rimos, riem, riem
Vir (to come) – venho, vem, vem, vimos, vêm, vêm

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