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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

compreender

to understand

  • #417 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: compreendendo
  • Past participle: compreendido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use compreender

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

  1. Present

    Eu compreendo a sua preocupação com o filho.

    I understand your worry about your son.

  2. Past

    Ela compreendeu a situação sem precisar de explicação.

    She understood the situation without needing an explanation.

  3. Future

    Um dia você vai compreender por que eu fiz isso.

    One day you're going to understand why I did this.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era pequeno, ele não compreendia a separação.

    When he was little, he didn't understand the separation.

  5. Conditional

    Qualquer mãe compreenderia a sua decisão.

    Any mother would understand your decision.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que o professor compreenda o meu atraso.

    I hope the teacher understands why I'm late.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você compreendesse o risco, não faria isso.

    If you understood the risk, you wouldn't do it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando compreender as regras, o jogo fica divertido.

    When you understand the rules, the game gets fun.

  9. Imperative

    Compreenda, não foi por mal.

    Understand, it wasn't on purpose.

Good to know

  • "Compreender" is a little more formal than "entender", and also means to include: o preço compreende o café da manhã.

Verbs like this one

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