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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

atender

to answer

  • #344 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: atendendo
  • Past participle: atendido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you answer
  3. nós we answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all answer

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I answered
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you answered
  3. nós we answered
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all answered

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to answer
  3. nós we are going to answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to answer

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to answer
  3. nós we used to answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to answer

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would answer
  3. nós we would answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would answer

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you answer
  3. nós (that) we answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all answer

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I answered
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you answered
  3. nós (if) we answered
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all answered

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I answer
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you answer
  3. nós (when) we answer
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all answer

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você answer!
  2. vocês answer! (all of you)

How to use atender

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu nunca atendo número desconhecido.

    I never answer unknown numbers.

  2. Past

    A médica me atendeu com muito carinho.

    The doctor saw me very kindly.

  3. Future

    Ninguém vai atender a essa hora da noite.

    No one's going to answer at this time of night.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes a loja atendia até as dez da noite.

    The store used to serve customers until ten at night.

  5. Conditional

    Eu atenderia, mas estou em reunião.

    I'd answer, but I'm in a meeting.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que alguém atenda no consultório.

    I hope someone answers at the clinic.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você atendesse o telefone, saberia da novidade.

    If you answered the phone, you'd know the news.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se ela não atender, deixe recado.

    If she doesn't answer, leave a message.

  9. Imperative

    Atenda a porta, deve ser a entrega.

    Answer the door, it must be the delivery.

Good to know

  • "Atender o telefone" is to answer the phone; "atender um cliente" is to serve a customer.

Where you hear atender

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu atendo no domingo, sim. I do answer on Sundays.
  • A Sílvia atendeu no nono toque. Silvia answered on the ninth ring.
  • Liga de novo. Ela vai atender. Call again. She's going to answer.
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Intermediate Level 3 · atende

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.