Portuguese Verbs
Welcome to the Rocket Portuguese lesson on verbs! Verbs are many times at the very center of Portuguese sentences. They can cause quite the confusion as there are many tenses to learn and irregular verbs to memorize. But, they’re essential to communicating in any language.
In this lesson, we’ll talk about some of the most common Portuguese verbs you’ll find and you’ll be an expert by the end of it! With these verbs you’ll be able to cover lots of activities you’ll want to talk about and do so with ease.
Feel like cooking - cozinhar? Or running - correr? Reading - ler? Let’s get studying!
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Pronouncing Portuguese Verbs
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ir
to go
fazer
to do
fazer
to make
dizer / falar
to say
escutar
to listen
andar / caminhar
to walk
falar
to speak
viajar
to travel
perguntar
to ask
ler
to read
escrever
to write
cozinhar
to cook
comer
to eat
correr
to run
estudar
to study
That’s it for this lesson. You are now well-equipped with lots of action words in Portuguese! As you go about your day, try describing what you’re doing as you go. If you keep these words in your daily routine, you’ll become an expert!
Remember, practice makes perfect!
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