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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

querer dizer

to mean

  • #102 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: querendo dizer
  • Past participle: querido dizer

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use querer dizer

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

  1. Present

    O que quer dizer essa palavra em inglês?

    What does this word mean in English?

  2. Past

    Eu não quis dizer isso, me desculpa.

    I didn't mean that, I'm sorry.

  3. Future

    Isso vai querer dizer mais trabalho para a gente.

    That's going to mean more work for us.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando ela ficava quieta, queria dizer que estava brava.

    When she went quiet, it meant she was angry.

  5. Conditional

    Sair agora quereria dizer perder o show.

    Leaving now would mean missing the show.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Talvez isso queira dizer que ele gostou.

    Maybe that means he liked it.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o sinal quisesse dizer perigo, seria vermelho.

    If the sign meant danger, it would be red.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando ela quiser dizer sim, você vai perceber.

    When she wants to say yes, you'll notice.

  9. Imperative

    Queiram dizer o nome completo, por favor.

    Please state your full name.

Good to know

  • "O que quer dizer…?" asks what a word means; "o que você quer dizer?" asks what someone means.
  • "Quer dizer…" also opens a correction, like "I mean…".

Where you hear querer dizer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • O que quer dizer essa palavra? What does this word mean?
  • Desculpa, não foi isso que eu quis dizer. Sorry, that's not what I meant.
  • Isso vai querer dizer mais trabalho. That's going to mean more work.
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