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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

oferecer

to offer

  • #345 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: oferecendo
  • Past participle: oferecido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use oferecer

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

  1. Present

    O hotel oferece café da manhã de graça.

    The hotel offers free breakfast.

  2. Past

    Ela me ofereceu carona até a estação.

    She offered me a ride to the station.

  3. Future

    A empresa vai oferecer um curso de inglês.

    The company is going to offer an English course.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu vizinho sempre oferecia ajuda com as compras.

    My neighbor always offered help with the shopping.

  5. Conditional

    Eu ofereceria mais, mas é tudo que tenho.

    I'd offer more, but it's all I have.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que ofereçam um bom salário.

    I hope they offer a good salary.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles oferecessem desconto, eu compraria dois.

    If they offered a discount, I'd buy two.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se alguém oferecer ajuda, aceite.

    If someone offers help, accept it.

  9. Imperative

    Ofereça um copo d'água para a visita.

    Offer the visitor a glass of water.

Good to know

  • "Oferecer a": "ofereci um café a ela"; "se oferecer para" is to volunteer.

Where you hear oferecer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • A empresa oferece vagas em São Paulo. The company offers positions in Sao Paulo.
  • A empresa me ofereceu uma vaga na sede. The company offered me a position at the head office.
  • Vou oferecer um café para você. I'll offer you a coffee.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu sempre ofereço um café para os clientes. I always offer my clients a coffee.
  • A gente ofereceu setecentos e cinquenta mil. We offered seven hundred and fifty thousand.
  • Eu vou oferecer esse apartamento para um casal jovem. I'm going to offer this flat to a young couple.
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Intermediate Level 1 · ofereceram

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Intermediate Level 3 · oferecem

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