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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pretender

to intend

  • #299 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: pretendendo
  • Past participle: pretendido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pretender

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

  1. Present

    Eu pretendo viajar em julho.

    I intend to travel in July.

  2. Past

    Eu pretendi sair cedo, mas a festa estava ótima.

    I meant to leave early, but the party was great.

  3. Future

    Com esse preço, ninguém vai pretender comprar.

    At that price, nobody's going to be looking to buy.

  4. Imperfect

    A gente pretendia morar na praia.

    We intended to live at the beach.

  5. Conditional

    Com mais tempo, eu pretenderia conhecer o Nordeste.

    With more time, I'd be planning to see the Northeast.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você pretenda voltar logo.

    I hope you intend to come back soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele pretendesse ficar, teria avisado.

    If he intended to stay, he'd have let us know.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você pretender alugar, veja o contrato antes.

    If you intend to rent, look at the contract first.

  9. Imperative

    Não pretenda fazer tudo em um dia.

    Don't plan on doing everything in one day.

Good to know

  • "Pretender" is to intend, not to pretend; to pretend is "fingir".

Where you hear pretender

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu pretendo ficar no Brasil. I intend to stay in Brazil.
  • Eu pretendia voltar em dezembro. I intended to come back in December.
  • O que você pretende fazer no ano que vem? What do you intend to do next year?
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To Stay or to Go?

Beginner Level 2 · eu pretendo · você pretende

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