Portuguese verb conjugation

The essential 24

The most frequent verbs in the language. Most are irregular — they are worth learning by heart.

1. 01serto be (permanent, identity)
2. 02estarto be (temporary, location)
3. 03terto have
4. 04haverthere to be; to have (auxiliary)
5. 05fazerto do, to make
6. 06irto go
7. 07virto come
8. 08verto see, to watch
9. 09darto give
10. 10dizerto say, to tell
11. 11podercan, to be able to; may
12. 12quererto want
13. 13saberto know (facts); to know how to
14. 14pôrto put, to place
15. 15ficarto stay; to be located; to become
16. 16falarto speak, to talk
17. 17comerto eat
18. 18beberto drink
19. 19viverto live
20. 20partirto leave, to depart; to break
21. 21chegarto arrive; to be enough
22. 22sairto go out, to leave
23. 23entrarto enter, to go in
24. 24voltarto return, to come back

Conjugation patterns

Every Portuguese verb follows one of three regular models (-ar, -er, -ir). The irregularities, in turn, fall into predictable families: learn one and you know them all.

All verbs

217 verbs

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