Portuguese Verbs

Learn most used Portuguese verbs that will help you build your first Portuguese sentences. Learn verb conjugations, regular and irregular verbs.

To be comfortable using Portuguese verbs, language learners need to master verb conjugation. In Portuguese, similar to other Romance languages, verbs tend to have a number of grammar forms. They depend on the conjugation of each verb.

Regular verbs belong to one of three conjugation classes, distinguished by the ending of their infinitives:

• - Portuguese verbs the infinitive of which ends in -ar belong to the First Conjugation (e.g. lavar, matar, ladrar);
• - Portuguese verbs the infinitive of which ends in -er belong to the Second Conjugation (e.g. correr, comer, colher);
• - Portuguese verbs the infinitive of which ends in -ir belong to the Third Conjugation (e.g. partir, destruir, urdir).

Before you get comfortable conjugating words on your own, you can use one of Portuguese verbs online conjugation tools, like this one.

The conjugation forms of irregular verbs, however, needs to be memorized.

Here are some most commonly used Portuguese verbs: