Common regular verbs in Brazilian Portuguese

This page lists common regular verbs in Brazilian Portuguese and examples of regular verb conjugations in the present tense.

Along with nouns, verbs make up the main parts of a sentence. Having verbs in your vocabulary will enable you to build sentences and communicate clearly.

A number of websites offer tools to help you conjugate verbs, including reverso.net, verbix.com and cooljugator.com. Using these sites will help you to identify if a verb is regular, or irregular.

Regular ‘ar‘ verbs

to walk	andar
to find	achar
to introduce	apresentar
to arrive	chegar
to start	começar
to buy	comprar
to meet	encontrar
to enter	entrar
to listen	escutar
to speak	falar
to close	fechar
to stay, to become, etc	ficar
to like	gostar
to take	levar
to live	morar
to pass	passar
to think	pensar
to take, to have	tomar
to work	trabalhar

The table below shows conjugation of the regular ar verb falar (to speak). Other regular ar verbs follow the same pattern of conjugation:

I speak	eu falo
you/he/she speaks	você/ele/ela fala
we speak	nós falamos
they speak	vocês/eles/elas falam

Regular ‘ir’ verbs

to open	abrir
to attend	assistir
to divide	dividir
to sleep	dormir
to exist	existir
to leave	partir
to feel	sentir
to wear	vestir

The table below shows conjugation of the regular ir verb abrir (to open). Other regular ir verbs follow the same pattern of conjugation:

I open	eu arbo
you/he/she opens	você/ele/ela abre
we open	nós abrimos
they open	vocês/eles/elas abrem

Regular ‘er‘ verbs

to drink	beber
to eat	comer
to remember	receber
to sell	vender
to live	viver

The table below shows conjugation of the regular er verb comer (to eat). Other regular er verbs follow the same pattern of conjugation:

I eat	eu como
you/he/she eats	você/ele/ela come
we eat	nós comemos
they eat	vocês/eles/elas comem

Common regular verbs flashcards

Test your memory of common regular verbs using the flashcards below. Click on the card to reveal the translation and the arrows to move between cards: