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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

entender

to understand

  • #29 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: entendendo
  • Past participle: entendido

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 entender

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

  1. Present

    Eu entendo português, mas falo pouco.

    I understand Portuguese, but I don't speak much.

  2. Past

    Desculpa, eu não entendi o seu nome.

    Sorry, I didn't catch your name.

  3. Future

    Com calma, você vai entender tudo.

    Take it slowly and you're going to understand everything.

  4. Imperfect

    No começo eu não entendia nada do sotaque.

    At first I didn't understand the accent at all.

  5. Conditional

    Qualquer um entenderia a sua decisão.

    Anyone would understand your decision.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Vou explicar de novo para que você entenda.

    I'll explain again so that you understand.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele entendesse inglês, ajudaria os turistas.

    If he understood English, he'd help the tourists.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se vocês não entenderem, é só perguntar.

    If you don't understand, just ask.

  9. Imperative

    Entenda uma coisa: isso não vai se repetir.

    Understand one thing: this is not going to happen again.

Good to know

  • "Entendi" is what you say when something becomes clear: ah, entendi!

Where you hear entender

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu entendo um pouco. I understand a little.
  • Eu entendi tudo. I understood everything.
  • Você vai entender. You're going to understand.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu entendo tudo quando você fala devagar. I understand everything when you speak slowly.
  • Eu não entendi a pergunta. I didn't understand the question.
  • Um dia você vai entender. One day you're going to understand.
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Where Are You From?

Beginner Level 1 · entendi · Não entendi. · Entendi.

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How Was Your Day?

Beginner Level 1 · eu entendo

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Who's Going to Win?

Beginner Level 1 · você entende

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I Need You All To

Intermediate Level 1 · entenda

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For You to Arrive Early

Intermediate Level 1 · entenderem

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Whoever Catches the Bouquet

Intermediate Level 1 · entender

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I've Been Studying in Secret

Intermediate Level 3 · entendeu

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