VERB

MEANING

EXAMPLE

to accomplish, accomplished, accomplished (verb + ing)

concluir (terminar), executar, realizar

I have finally accomplished the report

to accuse, accused, accused (of + ing)

acusar (de)

I don't like to accuse anyone of anything

to acquire, acquired, acquired (from)

adquirir, alcançar, conseguir, obter (de)

My boss is going to acquire a new factory

to add up

somar

Add up what you have with what I have

to add, added, added (to)

adicionar(a), acrescentar

Why don't you add more sugar to the recipe?

to adjust, adjusted, adjusted

ajustar, regular

Was this engine adjusted recently?

to admire, admired, admired

admirar

ew

to advertise, advertised, advertised

anunciar

We need to advertise our new products.

to advise, advised, advised

aconselhar, informar

I advise you not to return late

to afford, afforded, afforded

ter meios (recursos) para, permitir-se, dar-se ao luxo

I can't afford to buy this suitcase.

to agree, agreed, agreed (with)

concordar (com)

They agreed with us

to allow, allowed, allowed

permitir

The teacher doesn't allow us to talk in class

to annoy, annoyed, annoyed

irritar, aborrecer

Come on! Stop annoying them

to answer, answered, answered

responder, atender

Why didn't he answer the door?

to apologize, apologized, apologized (to, for+ing)

desculpar-se, pedir desculpas (a, com, por)

You have to apologize to your teacher

to apply, applied, applied (for)

candidatar-se(a), aplicar, passar

When did John apply for that job?

to appreciate, appreciated, appreciated (+ ing)

apreciar, ficar agradecido (por)

I appreciate everything you did for me

to argue, argued, argued

discutir (brigar verbalmente); argumentar

Why do you both argue so much?

to arrest, arrested, arrested

prender

Did they arrest that man?

to arrive, arrived, arrived (at, in)

chegar (a)

We arrived there late

to ask, asked, asked (for)

perguntar, fazer perguntas, pedir (por)

He asked her an important question

to assemble, assembled, assembled

juntar, reunir, montar, armar, agregar

This is very difficult to assemble

to assume, assumed, assumed

presumir

I assume he'll be there on time

to assure, assured, assured

assegurar

Do you assure me he will be there?

to attend, attended, attended

frequentar, assistir(a)

Did you attend the last English class?

to avoid, avoided, avoided (verb + ing)

evitar (de)

He had to avoid eating meat

to bake, baked, baked

assar (alimentos)

I don't like to bake cakes in this oven

to bargain, bargained, bargained (for, on, with)

pechinchar, barganhar (por, sobre, com)

I always bargain for everything

to be going (to)

ir (indicando futuro próximo)

Where are you going?

to be, was, were, been

ser, estar

You are so beautiful today!

to become, became, become

tornar-se, vir a ser

He became a great man

to begin, began, begun (verb + ing)

começar, iniciar

Do you want to begin this course on Monday

to behave, behaved, behaved

comportar-se

Don't behave like that

to believe, believed, believed (in)

acreditar (aceitar como verdade) (crer; ter fé)

She belives me

to belong, belonged, belonged (to)

pertencer(a), estar no lugar certo

Does this belong to you?

to bite, bit, bitten

morder

Have you ever been bitten?

to blame, blamed, blamed (for)

culpar (por)

He blames me for everything.

to bloom, bloomed, bloomed

florescer, desabrochar

This tree blooms every year

to blow, blew, blown (out, off)

assoprar, soprar (to blow out = apagar soprando)

The wind blew all day yesterday

to boil, boiled, boiled

ferver

ew

to borrow, borrowed, borrowed (from)

tomar (pegar) emprestado, emprestar (de alguém)

I borrowed my father's car

to braid, braided, braided

trançar

I've never braided my hair in spite of always having long hair.

to break, broke, broken

quebrar

She broke her leg

to breathe, breathed, breathed (in, out)

respirar (inspirar, elaxar)

I can't breathe very well with all these people smoking

to bring, brought, brought (for, to, from)

trazer (para, a, de)

They brought this for you

to broadcast, broadcast(ed), broadcast(ed)

transmitir (por rádio ou tv), difundir (por rádio)

This news was broadcast this morning at 9.

to brush, brushed, brushed

escovar

They didn't brush their teeth yet

to build, built, built

construir

My parents want to build a new house

to burn, burned (burnt), burned (burnt)

queimar, incendiar (-se)

Let's burn these dry branches

to bury, buried, buried

enterrar

Dog! Where did you bury my shoe?

to buy, bought, bought (for, from)

comprar (para, de)

Did you want to buy a car?

to call, called, called

telefonar para, ligar para, chamar

We called our office

to carry, carried, carried (to, from, for)

carregar (a, para; de; para, por)

We have to carry all these things

to cast, cast, cast

jogar, arremessar, lançar

Father cast his coat on the couth

to cause, caused, caused

causar

ew

to cease, ceased, ceased (+ ing)

cessar

Sometimes it seems wars will never cease in these contries.

to change, changed, changed (to, for)

mudar, trocar (para, por)

I changed my name

to charge, charged, charged

cobrar

How much did he charge you?

to chase, chased, chased

perseguir, correr atrás de

Does your cat happen to be chasing your dog or am I seeing things?

to check in (out)

registrar-se na entrada (saída) (hotel, aeroporto)

Did you checked in the hotel?

to check, checked, checked

verificar, conferir

I need to check all these files

to chew, chewed, chewed

mascar, mastigar

He always seems to be chewing something

to choose, chose, chosen

escolher

She chose a beautiful pair of shoes

to claim, claimed, claimed (on, for)

alegar, gritar, reivindicar, reclamar algo por direito, clamar (por)

He claims he didn't take the books home.

to clean, cleaned, cleaned

limpar

They cleaned all the kitchen

to climb over

pular, passar por cima (de algo alto)

Don't climb over this rope

to climb, climbed, climbed

escalar, subir (em), galgar

We like to climb mountains

to close, closed, closed

fechar

Don't close the door

to comb, combed, combed

pentear, pentear-se

I like to comb my hair when it's wet.

to come, came, come (to, from)

vir (para, de)

We came from New York

to compare, compared, compared (to)

comparar (a)

If you compare them, you won't see any difference.

to complain, complained, complained (about)

reclamar, queixar-se (de)

Don't complain so much

to concern, concerned, concerned

concernir, condizer, dizer respeito a, referir-se a

This situation really concerns me.

to congratulate, congratulated, congratulated (on)

parabenizar (por, pelo(a,os,as))

Did you already congratulate your brother on his job?

to consider, considered, considered

considerar

I don't consider her such a bad person.

to consist, consisted, consisted (of)

consistir (de, em)

What does this report consist of?

to cook, cooked, cooked (for)

cozinhar (para)

I cooked for my mother

to copy, copied, copied (from)

copiar (de), imitar (a)

Where did you copy this from?

to cost, cost, cost

custar

How much does it cost?

to count up to

contar (de um) até

The girl only knew how to count (up) to twenty

to count, counted, counted (to)

contar (até, a)

He already counted all the money

to cover, covered, covered

cobrir, tampar, proteger, abranger

Cover the pan on the stove, please

to create, created, created

criar (originar)

God created the world

to creep, crept, crept

rastejar, trepar (planta)

What's that creeping under our window?

to cross out

riscar (eliminando de uma lista)

Cross this word out. It's wrong

to cross, crossed, crossed

atravessar, cruzar

The cow is crossing the road

to cry, cried, cried

chorar, exclamar

The baby cried all night long

to cut, cut, cut

cortar

Did you cut your hand?

to damage, damaged, damaged

danificar, estragar

Did you damage your father's car?

to dance, danced, danced

dançar

Pat and Laura danced together

to decide, decided, decided

decidir

They decided to leave today

to deliver, delivered, delivered (to)

entregar (a)

What time will they deliver the package?

to deny, denied, denied (verb + ing)

negar(-se) (a)

She says things and then she denies them

to depend, depended, depended (on)

depender (de)

That depends on you

to descend, descended, descended (to, from)

descer, baixar, cair (de nível), passar (por herança),descender (de)

No submarine has ever descended all that.

to describe, described, described (to)

descrever (para)

Can you  describe the man?

to detach, detached, detached

separar, destacar, desvencilhar

You have to detach these figures and put them on the blackboard.

to develop, developed, developed

desenvolver(se), revelar (filme)

Did you already develop the film?

to dial, dialed, dialed

discar (telefone)

Are you sure you dialed the right number?

to die, died, died

morrer

What a pity! My plant died

to disagree, disagreed, disagreed (with)

discordar (de)

I disagree with what he said about those people

to disappear, disappeared, disappeared

desaparecer

My pen always disappears when I need it

to disassemble, disassembled, disassembled

desmontar, desunir, desarmar, desagregar

I can't believe he already disassembled everything.

to disguise, disguised, disguised

disfarçar, mascarar, dissimular

He was disguised as Frankenstein as far as I know...

to dismiss, dismissed, dismissed

dispensar, despendir

The teacher dismissed us earlier today.

to disregard, disregarded, disregarded

desconsiderar, negligenciar, desprezar, menosprezar

Did you notice the way he disregards everything we say?

to disrupt, disrupted, disrupted

romper, despedaçar, dilacerar, interromper

The crowd disrupted the political meeting at the square last night.

to do, did, done (for)

fazer (para, por)

They did all their homework yesterday

to draw, drew, drawn

desenhar, traçar, puxar, tirar, sacar

Do you know how to draw?

to dream,dreamt/dreamed, dreamt/dreamed (of, about)

sonhar (com, a respeito de)

What were you dreaming about?

to dress, dressed, dressed (up)

vestir-se, arrumar-se

You can take your time dressing (up) for the party.

to drink, drank, drunk

beber, tomar

We drank too much at the party

to drive, drove, driven (from, to)

dirigir, ir de carro (de, para)

He drove from New York to Washington

to drop, dropped, dropped

deixar cair, cair

When he saw her coming in (through) the door, he dropped his cup.

to earn, earned, earned (from + ing)

ganhar (renda), obter

I intend to earn a lot of money this year.

to eat, ate, eaten

comer

he ate a lot on Sunday

to emphasize, emphasized, emphasized

enfatizar

The chairman emphasized the idea of the surcharges.

to empty, emptied, emptied

esvaziar

Woul you please empty this bucket?

to enable, enabled, enabled

tornar apto, habilitar, capacitar

I would like to enable these people to survive on their own again.

to encourage, encouraged, encouraged

encorajar, incentivar

My parents encouraged me to visit other countries.

to endure, endured, endured

tolerar, resistir, aturar, agⁿentar

I just can't endure this situation for another day!

to enhance, enhanced, enhanced

realçar, acentuar, aumentar

I see you've enhanced your essay with new words and facts...

to enjoy, enjoyed, enjoyed (verb + ing)

gostar (de), desfrutar, apreciar

She enjoys going to the beach

to enroll, enrolled, enrolled (in)

inscrever(se), matricular(se), (em, no, na)

I have to enroll in the university today.

to enter, entered, entered

entrar (em)

You need an invitation to enter

to entertain, entertained, entertained

entreter, distrair, divertir

Would you please entertain the guests for a while?

to entitle, entitled, entitled (to)

intitular, autorizar, habilitar, outorgar direitos, conceder

My brother was entitled to a trip to France for winning the game.

to establish, established, established

estabelecer

They have established a new system.

to exist, existed, existed

existir

How many years can a mountain exist?

to explain, explained, explained (to)

explicar (para, a)

Paul explained everything to me

to face, faced, faced

encarar

You have to face things as they come, otherwise you'll always be upset

to faint, fainted, fainted

desmaiar

ew

to fall, fell, follen (off)

cair, cair (de) (algo)

Did Jennifer fall off the horse?

to fasten, fastened, fastened (to, on)

prender (algo,a,no,na), fixar, fechar (colocar), apertar (cinto)

Put some water on the plants, will you?

to fear, feared, feared

temer(a)

There is nothing to fear anymore.

to feed, fed, fed (on, to)

alimentar(-se) (de), dar de comer (a)

He fed the horses before going to school

to fell, felt, felt (like + ing)

sentir-se, sentir ou estar com vontade (de)

I fell good here with you

to fetch, fetched, fetched

ir buscar, trazer, mandar vir

Would you fetch the packages that are in the car, please?

to fill, filled, filled (in, up, out)

encher, preencher

Fill this glass with milk, please

to find, found, found

achar, encontrar

He found it at the livrary

to finish, finished, finished (verb + ing)

terminar

They finished doing their homework

to fit, fit, fit (fitted, fitted)

caber, servir (vestuário)

This dress doesn't fit me

to fix, fixed, fixed (on, at)

consertar, arrumar, preparar, fixar(em)

I didn't fix my car yet.

to flush the toilet

dar descarga

Don't forget to flush the toilet

to flush, flushed, flushed

corar, ruborizar

She flushes when I say his name

to flutter, fluttered, fluttered

bater das asas de aves e insetos grandes (voar), esvoaçar

The butterfly fluttered from one flower to another

to fly, flew, flown

voar, ir (de avião)

The birds flew above my house

to fold, folded, folded

dobrar

Why did you fold that paper?

to follow, followed, followed

seguir, acompanhar

This little dog followed me home

to forbid, forbade, forbidden

proibir (de)

The math teacher forbade us to talk in class.

to forget, forgot, forgotten (about)

esquecer (de, sobre)

I forgot about Cindy's birthday

to forgive, forgave, forgiven

perdoar

Please forgive me

to forsake, forsook, forsaken

renunciar a, desistir de, abandonar, desamparar

They've forsaken all their thoughts of returning home sameday.

to frighten, frightened, frightened

assustar, atemorizar, amedrontar

You frightened me when you came into the room so quietly!

to frown, frowned, frowned (at)

franzir a testa (sobrancelhas),carranquear(para)

Whey you frown you look very old

to fry, fried, fried

fritar

Let's fry some potatoes

to gather, gathered, gathered

juntar,recolher,acumular,adquirir,presumir,colher(levantar) do chão

I saw your son gathering stones on the street.

to get involved

envolver-se

Don't get involved with that kind of people.

to get, got, got

conseguir,obter,ficar(+adj),receber,chegar,ganhar

I didn't get the book yet

to give, gave, given (to)

dar (para, a)

He gave her a good book

to glance, glanced, glanced (at)

olhar de relance (para, a)

I noticed Jim glanced at you when you walked by him.

to go, went, gone (to)

ir (para, a)

Did he go to church alone?

to grab, grabbed, grabbed

apanhar, agarrar, esticar

 

to graduate, graduated, graduated (from, in)

formar-se (em)

Paul graduated from Oxford University. He graduated in Medicine.

to grant, granted, granted

conceder (a), dar concessão, permitir

My father granted his request to travel a week before his vacation.

to grind, ground, ground

moer, triturar, ranger

My grandmother used to grind cofee by hand

to grow, grew, grown (up)

crescer (com "up' só para pessoas)

My children are growing up very fast

to guess, guessed, guessed

supor, adivinhar

Guess what hapened?

to hand, handed, handed

alcançar (algo a alguém), passar

Hand the sugar to your father, Mary.

to handle, handled, handled

manusear, manipular, lidar com

Handle this carefully

to hang, hung, hung

pendurar

Hang these clothes in the closet

to happen, happened, happened (to)

acontecer (com)

What happened to you. (não usa "did")

to hate, hated, hated

odiar, detestar, desprezar

I hate to clena the bathroom

to have, had, had (to have to)

ter (ter que)

Did they have to write that?

to heal, healed, healed

curar, sarar

My cut is healing

to hear, heard, heard (about)

ouvir, escutar (ouvir dizer que, sobre)

I don't hear very well

to heat, heated, heated (up)

aquecer, esquentar

Why don't you heat some of that soup we had for lunch?

to help, helped, helped

ajudar

They always helped their family

to hesitate, hesitated, hesitated

hesitar, vacilar

He hesitated when I told him how much he had to pay.

to hide, hid, hidden (from)

esconder(-se); ocultar (de)

Where did you hide the chocolate?

to hinder, hindered, hindered (from)

impedir (de), atrasar, opor-se, atrapalhar

Don't think of hindering me! I am going anyway.

to hire, hired, hired

contratar

They intend to hire new salesmen this month.

to hit, hit, hit

bater (em)

I hit my head on the closet

to hold, held, held

segurar, abraçar

I like to hold this baby

to hope, hoped, hoped

esperar (ter esperança)

I hope to be rich some day

to house, housed, housed

dar abrigo (a), acolher, abrigar, alojar

We housed him for more than three years so he could go on studying.

to hurt, hurt, hurt

ferir, magoar, machucar

The words she said hurt me

to import, imported, imported

importar

I wish I had money to import some goods.

to improve, improved, improved

melhorar, aprimorar

You need to improve your English

to include, included, included (in)

incluir (em)

Don't forget to include me in your list

to inform, informed, informed

informar, notificar

Inform me about the weather in London, please.

to insist, insisted, insisted (on + ing)

insistir (em)

Why do you insist so much on this?

to intend, intended, intended

pretender, tencionar

I intende to work tomorrow

to interrupt, interrupted, interrupted

interromper

Don't interrupt him while he's studing.

to introduce, introduced, introduced (to)

apresentar (a), introduzir

I want to introduce you to my brother

to invest, invested, invested (in)

investir (em)

Let's invest our money in gold

to invite, invited, invited (to)

convidar (a, para)

Who did you invite to your house?

to involve, involved, involved

envolver

The wanted to involve my son in this.

to iron, ironed, ironed

passar (roupa)

I still have to iron all these clothes!

to issue, issued, issued

emitir, publicar, lançar

They didn't issue my passport yet.

to join, joined, joined (up)

juntar-se a, alistar-se (exército, etc)

Why don't you join us at the club?

to jump, jumped, jumped

pular, saltar

Why did he jump in the river?

to keep, kept, kept

guardar, manter(-se), ficar(+ing),continuar (+ing)

Where do you keep your money?

to kill, killed, killed

matar

I killed all the ants in my vegetable gardem

to knit, knit, knit (knitted, knitted)

tricotar, fazer tricô

My grandmother knit this sweater for me

to knock, knocked, knocked (on)

bater à (na) (porta, janela, ...)

I heard somebody knock on the door.

to know, knew, known (how)

saber, conhecer (how + verbo)

Jennifer knew how to play the flute very well

to last, lasted, lasted

durar, pendurar

Five packages of coffee don't last for more than three weeks!

to laugh, laughed, laughed (at, about)

rir (de, sobre)

He laughed at her story

to lead, led, led

liderar, levar(a), guiar

My brother heads his staff

to leak, leaked, leaked

vazar, escoar

The kichen faucet leaked all night long and we couldn't sleep.

to learn, learned, learned (how + verb)

aprender (a)

I learned how to speak English

to leave, left, left

deixar, partir, sair (de)

I leave home at eight o'clock

to lend, lent, lent (to)

emprestar (para, a)

Can you lend me some money?

to let, let, let

deixar, permitir (não seguido de "to")

Don't let him do that

to lick, licked, licked

lamber

Kids, please don't lick your fingers! Has napkin next to you.

to lie, lay, lain (down)

deitar-se, ficar, situar-se

I like to lie on the carpet

to lie, lied, lied (to)

mentir (a, para)

Why do you always lie to me?

to lift, lifted, lifted (up)

levantar, suspender (no ar)

Would you please lift this box up for me?

to like, liked, liked

gostar (de)

I liked my English teacher very much

to listen, listened, listened (to)

ouvir, escutar

John listens to the teacher

to live, lived, lived (with, for, at, in, on)

morar, viver (com, por, em)

He doesn't live with his family

to load, loaded, loaded

carregar, pensar sobre, armazenar (no computador)

Can all this be loaded on this small boat?

to lock, locked, locked

trancar, travar

Did you lock the door?

to look, looked, looked (at, after)

parecer, olhar (para), cuidar de

Look at the children, aren't they pretty?

to lose, lost, lost

perder

I lost all my documents

to love, loved, loved

amar, adorar (pode ser seguido de infin ou gerund)

She loves to go to the movies

to mail, mailed, mailed

enviar (pelo correio), despachar

This letter was mailed two weeks ago

to maintain, maintained, maintained

manter, sustentar, conversar

The government want to maintain the taxes high

to make, made, made (for, of)

fazer (elaborar, criar) (por/para, de)

This is made in Japan

to manage, managed, managed

conseguir(antes verbo),arranjar-se,gerenciar,saber lidar c/,administra

I didn't manage to arrive on time.

to manufacture, manufactured, manufactured

fabricar, manufaturar

They've been manufacturing boxes since my grandfather was a boy.

to marry, married, married

casar(se) (com)

My sister wants to marry again

to match, matched, matched

combinar (com)

ew

to mean, meant, meant (to, by)

querer dizer; significar; tencionar; ter a intenção de (+verb) (a,com)

I didn't mean that!

to measure, measured, measured

medir

I want to measure that piece of land

to meet, met, met

conhecer, encontrar-se com

I met Nancy at a wedding

to mention, mentioned, mentioned (to)

mencionar (a)

They didn't mention we had to pay all this.

to mind, minded, minded

prestar atenção a, dar atenção a, incomodar-se (com)

These children don't seem to mind her or the other teacher

to misinterpret, misinterpreted, misinterpreted

interpretar mal

You have to be more careful not to misinterpret things again.

to misplace, misplaced, misplaced

pôr/colocar(algo) no lugar errado, pôr/guardar em lugar não lembrado

I can't find my keys, I must have misplaced them.

to miss, missed, missed

sentir falta de (não objeto), perder

I'm going to miss you

to mistreat, mistreated, mistreated

maltratar

Why did you mistreat that poor girl you were talking to?

to misunderstand, misunderstood, misundertood

entender mal

Everyone misunderstands someone some day.

to mix, mixed, mixed (up)

misturar, confundir

Don't mix up these papers, they aren't all mine

to move, moved, moved (out, in, to, from)

mover(se), mudar(se) (de lugar)

When are you going to move to a house?

to mumble, mumbled, mumbled

resmungar, murmurar

If you keep on mumbling I won't be able to undertand you!

to need, needed, needed

precisar (de)

You didn't need to by this

to neglect, neglected, neglected

negligenciar, omitir

You shouldn't neglect information on this case.

to nod, nodded, nodded

acenar com a cabeça (afirmativo ou de comando)

When I asked him if he had money, he nodded.

to notice, noticed, noticed

notar, perceber

Did you notice how quiet she was?

to offer, offered, offered

oferecer

She was nice and offered me some tea

to open, opened, opened

abrir

Please, open the door for me

to overcome, overcame, overcome

superar

I'm sure we will overcome this situation in a few months.

to overhear, overheard, overheard

ouvir por acaso, ouvir sem querer

I overhead something about a general strike being planned.

to owe, owed, owed (to)

dever (algo a alguém)

You owe me twenty-five dollars

to pack, packed, packed

fazer as malas

We'll have to pack our things before morning.

to paint, painted, painted

pintar

I have to paint my house tomorrow

to park, parked, parked

estacionar

Where did you park the car?

to pass, passed, passed (by, to, on)

passar (por, para, a, em, adiante)

She said she would pass by my house

to pay, paid, paid (for)

pagar (por)

I already paid the waiter

to pick up, picked up, picket up

pegar, buscar, levantar, apanhar

Could you pick it up for me, please?

to plant, planted, planted

plantar, semear

Where do you want to plant these seeds?

to play, played, played (with, for, at, in, on)

brincar, tocar, jogar, (com, em)

Did they play with their children?

to please, pleased, pleased

agradar, satisfazer, contentar

I can┤t please everybody at the same time.

to plot, plotted, plotted

tramar

The thief plotted everything

to postpone, postponed, postponed ( + ing)

prorrogar, transferir (data), adiar

Don't tell me she postponed her wedding again!

to practice, practiced, practiced

praticar

You didn't practice enough

to praise, praised, praised

elogiar, louvar

I'm going to praise them for their work

to pray, prayed, prayed

rezar, orar

My father usually prays in the evening

to prefer, preferred, preferred

preferir

She preferredto travel to England

to present, presented, presented

apresentar, expor, mostrar

He said he wouldn't present his work today.

to pretend, pretended, pretended

fazer de conta, fingir

She likes to pretend she's a doctor

to proceed, proceeded, proceeded

proceder, continuar, prosseguir

I didn't intend to interrupt you, please procced.

to promise, promised, promised

prometer

I don't want to promise anything

to provide, provided, provided (for)

providenciar, proporcionar, fornecer (para, a)

You must provide this material for today

to publish, published,  published

publicar

The publish everything

to pull, pulled, pulled

puxar

Don't pull my hair

to purchase, purchased, purchased

comprar, adquirir

My parents inted to purchase a farm this year.

to pursue, pursued, pursued

perseguir, provocar, levar adiante

I intend to pursue this dream as long as I can.

to push, pushed, pushed

empurar

I asked him to push the car for me

to put, put, put (on, in)

por, colocar (em)

I put my books on this table last night

to quit, quit, quit (verb + ing)

desistir de, parar (com)

Mary quit smoking

to quote, quoted, quoted

citar, cotar, notar, abrir aspas

He quote what you mentioned in your last report at the meeting.

to rain, rained, rained

chover

It rained at the beach last week

to raise, raised, raised

criar

They raise cattle on their farmer.

to reach, reached, reached

alcançar, atingir, chegar a

I can't reach those things on the self

to read, read, read

ler

He read two books on the weekend

to realize, realized, realized

compreender, dar-se conta (de), entender

I realize you didn't mean to say that

to reason, reasoned, reasoned (about, over)

raciocinar, pensar (concluir), ponderar (a respeito de)

I think we all should reason about this situation

to reassure, reassured, reassured

tranquilizar, assegurar

The doctor reassured me he was much better this morning.

to receive, received, received (from)

receber (de)

Did you received this letter today?

to recognize, recognized, recognized

reconhecer

I didn't recognize you with that hat.

to recover, recovered, recovered (from)

recuperar-se (de)

He already recovered from that disease

to reflect, reflected, reflected

refletir(-se)

ew

to refuse, refused, refused (to)

recusar-se (a)

She refused to talk to him again

to regret, regretted, regretted (+ ing)

arrepender-ser (de)

I regret having done that

to relish, relished, relished

saborear, apreciar, gostar de, agradar, estar satisfeito com

They did all their work with relish.

to remember, remembered, remembered

lembrar-se de

She always remembered her parents

to remind, reminded, reminded (of) (+ ing).

lembrar (alguém de algo), fazer lembrar

You'll have to remind him of doing his homework.

to rent, rented, rented (for, from, to)

alugar (para, de, a)

She rented a nice house

to repair, repaired, repaired

consertar, reparar

They repaired the computer the week before their parents arrived.

to repeat, repeated, repeated

repetir

How many times do I have to repeat this?

to replace, replaced, replaced

substituir, repor

Did they already replace the money?

to reply, replied, replied (to)

replicar, responder (a)

Did you already reply to the letter these people sent you?

to request, requested, requested

solicitar, pedir

ew

to rescue, rescued, rescued (from)

salvar, socorrer, livrar (de)

He rescued the child from the fire.

to rest, rested, rested

descansar

He's tired and needs to rest

to return, returned, returned (from, to)

retornar, devolver, voltar (de, para)

They return from their trip this morning

to ride, rode, riden

andar (de,em,num veículo), montar (animal), cavalgar

I'm going to ride my bicycle on the weekend.

to ring up

telefonar para

Can you ring me up tomorrow morning?

to ring, rang, rung

tocar, soar (telefone, sino, campainha)

The telephone rang many times this afternoon

to rinse, rinsed, rinsed

enxaguar

The maid forgot to rinse these clothes yesterday.

to run, ran, run (to, from)

correr (para, de)

She ran every day last week

to rush, rushed, rushed

apressar(-se), impedir, lançar(-se), correr

Mother rushed to the door when she heard the doorbell ring.

to save, saved, saved

salvar, economizar, reservar (guardar)

I didn't save much money this year

to say, said, said (to, about)

dizer (para, sobre)

She said that she didn't want to go

to scare, scared, scared

assustar, amedrontar

ew

to scatter, scattered, scattered

esparramar, espalhar

Why do you always leave your things scattered?

to scratch, scratched, scratched

coçar, arranhar

Please, scratch my back.

to scream, scremed, scremed (at)

gritar (para)

I heart the neighbor scream in the middle of the night

to see, saw, seen

ver

I saw them in the park

to seek, sought, sought

procurar (por), buscar, aspirar(a)

She said she is only seeking some peace.

to seem, seemed, seemed (to)

parecer (dar a impressão de)

she seems to be happy today

to sell, sold, sold (to)

vender (para)

They sold their house last week

to send, sent, sent (to)

enviar, mandar (para, a)

She sent three letters to me

to separate, separated, separated

separar

ew

to serve, served, served

servir (alimentos)

We usually serve dinner at 8 o'clock

to set, set, set

colocar,pôr(-se)(pôr do sol),fazer (+ing),determinar, (cont.)

cont: situar-se, imobilizar (juntar), fazer um penteado

to sew, sewed, sewn (on)

costurar, serzir, pregar (botão, etc)

We have to sew all these clothes

to shake, shook, shaken

sacudir, estremecer, tremer, chocar(no sentido de assustar),chacoalhar

Don't shake the baby too much, he just had some soup.

to shave, shaved, shaved

barbear(-se), depilar(-se), fazer a barba

My husband shaves every morning

to shine, shone, shone

brilhar, reluzir, lustrar

The sun never shines in this city

to ship, shipped, shipped

embarcar (em navio), despachar, expedir, remeter (mercadorias)

The goods were shipped last week.

to shiver, shivered, shivered

tremer, estremecer

She shivered when I told her about the movie we watched.

to show, showed, shown

mostrar, passar (cimena, TV)

I showed them the city

to shrink, shrank, shrunk

encolher-se, contrair-se

 

to shrung, shrugged, shrugged

encolher os ombros (em diferença ou d·vida), dar de ombros

He shurgged when I asked him how his girlfriend was.

to shudder, shuddered, shuddered

estremecer

I shuddered when they told me the whole story.

to sigh, sighted, sighted (about)

suspirar (sobre, a respeito de)

Every time she seems him she sighs...

to sign, signed, signed (for)

assinar (por)

He doesn't want to sign the papers yet.

to sing, sang, sung

cantar

Do you always sing in the shower?

to sit, sat, sat (down)

sentar (sentar-se), ficar sentado

Please, sit down here

to skid, skidded, skidded

derrapar, patinar

 

to sleep, slept, slept (with, at, in, on)

dormir (com, em)

Did he sleep in a hotel?

to smell, smelled, smelled

cheirar

The food smells good

to smoke, smoked, smoked

fumar

Stop smoking here

to sneeze, sneezed, sneezed

espirrar

The baby started to sneeze again

to solve, solved, solved

resolver, solucionar

Did you already solve that problem?

to spare, spared, spared

poupar, privar-se, tratar com indulgência

Why don't we spare some time to go to other places?

to speak, spoke, spoken (with)

falar (com)  (idiomas, em p·blico)

She always spoke Portuguese with her mother

to spell, spelled, spelled

escrever (no sentido de soletrar)

They didn't spell my name the right way

to spend, spent, spent

passar, gastar

We spent two months in Europe

to spill, spilt/spillet, spilt/spillet

derramar

He spilled the juice again

to spin, spun, spun

girar, rodopiar

 

to squeeze, squeezed, squeezed

apertar, comprimir, espremer

Oh, please don't squeeze that cat like that or he'll scratch you!

to stand, stood, stood

ficar (de pé), aguentar

I can't stand this anymore

to start, started, started (verb + ing)

comerçar

We started working yesterday

to state, stated, stated

afirmar, relatar, declarar

This was clearly stated in our report.

to stay, stayed, stayed

ficar, pertencer

They stayed with her las week

to steal, stole, stolen

roubar, furtar

He stole my candy

to stick, stuck, stuck (out)

colar, grudar, cravar, grudar, (esticar)

 

to sting, stung, stung

picar

Your daughter is complaining that a bee stunb her on the forehead.

to stir, stirred, stirred

mexer (comida, líquido, etc)

Can you stir the soup for me, please?

to stop, stopped, stopped (verb + ing)

parar

Stop writing right now!

to store, stored, stored

armazenar

I stored all this information in the computer.

to straighten, straightened, straightened (out, up)

endireitar(-se), pôr em ordem, ordenar (arrumar)

My brother needs to straighten out his life.

to stress, stressed, stressed

enfatizar, insistir, salientar

He stressed the fact that the employees weren't satisfied.

to stretch, stretched, stretched

esticar, estender, esticar (partes do corpo), espreguiçar-se

If you stretch your arms up maybe your back will stop hurting.

to strive, strived (strove), strived (striven) (for)

empenhar-se, esforçar-se (por)

When he wants something he really strives for it.

to struggle, struggled, struggled

debater-se, esforçar-se, lutar

I struggled to open the door but I had no sucess.

to study, studied, studied (with, for)

estudar (com, para)

You studied a lot on the weekend

to stumble, stumbled, stumbled (on, over)

tropeçar, pisar em falso

This is the second time I stuble on this carpet!

to succed, succeded, succeeded (in)

ser bem sucedido (em), ter êxito (em), conseguir, suceder

They succeeded in acquiring the farm the wanted.

to suggest, suggested, suggested

sugerir(a)

I would suggest you buy this dress.

to summarize, summarized, summarized

resumir

The teacher asked us to summarize the book

to supply, supplier, supplier (with)

suprir, fornecedor, abastecer (com, de)

That company supplies us with all the necessary material.

to suppose, supoosed, supposed

supor

I suppose that wasn't the right thing to say.

to survive, survived, survived

sobreviver

ew

to swear, swore, sworn

jurar

ew

to sweep, swept, swept

varrer

You sweep the kitchen and I'll sweep the porch.

to swin, swam, swum

nadar

Do you like to swim?

to take, took, taken (to)

levar (para, a), tomar, tirar

They always took the children to school by car

to talk, talked, talked (to)

falar (com), conversar (com)

We talked to our neighbor in the morning

to taste, tasted, tasted

provar, experimentar (alimentos), ter gosto

I've never tasted that fruit.

to teach, taught, taught (how)

ensinar (a)

She taught us manu things

to tear, tore, torn

rasgar

Why did you tear his letter?

to tell, told, told (to)

dizer, contar (a) (sempre seguido de pronome)

My mother told me to study more

to think, thought, thought (about, of)

pensar (em)

She thought about me weekend

to throw, threw, thrown (on, at, to)

jogar, atirar (no(a), em, para)

They threw the ball on the roof - to throw away = Jogar fora

to tie, tied, tied (to, on)

amarrar (a, em)

He tied the horse on the tree

to tighten, tightened, tightened

apertar, ajustar (algo)

Would you please tighten that rope for me?

to tilt, tilted, tilted

inclinar, balançar, enviesar

Be carefull! You're tilting you coffee cup.

to toss, tossed, tossed

atirar, arremessar, jogar

He tossed the ball and accidentally hit his brother on the head.

to touch, touched, touched

tocar (em)

Don't touch that! I's hot!

to tow, towed, towed

rebocar

If you leave your car there, they'll tow it away.

to transmit, transmited, transmited

transmitir

Please transmit this message on the radio

to travel, traveled, traveled (from, to)

viajar (de, para, a)

They traveled to England

to treat, treated, treated

tratar

ew

to trust, trusted, trusted

confiar (em)

Do you trust that man?

to try, tried, tried

tentar, experimentar, provar

Do you want to try this cake?

to type, typed, typed

datilografar, digitar

Type this letter for me, will you?

to underline, underlined, underlined

sublinhar

We are supposed to underline the wrong words.

to understand, understood, understood

entender, compreender

She didn't understand you

to undertake, undertook undertaken

incumbir-se, empreender, ocupar-se com

I'll undertake my dad's business while he's traveling.

to use, used, used

usar

Joe always used our library

to visit, visited, visited

visitar

She visited her parents in the morning

to wait, waited, waited (for)

esperar (por)

We waited for you all day long

to wake, woke, woken (up)

acordar

She woke up early

to walk, walked, walked (from, to)

caminhar (de, para, a)

She walked from her house to mine

to wander away

afastar-se, perder-se

He justa wandered away and didn't say a word.

to wander, wandered, wandered

vagar, perambular

I met our neighbor wandering around town at 3 am.

to want, wanted, wanted

querer

I wanted to buy a book

to warn, warned, warned (about + ing)

prevenir (sobre, contra), avisar, informar

Warn John about the weather before he comes

to wash, washed, washed (for)

lavar (para)

I didn't like to wash the car

to waste, wasted, wasted

desgastar, desperdiçar

Don't waste your time watching too much TV

to watch, watched, watched

assistir, observar, olhar (cuidar)

Didn't you watch the game?

to wear, wore, worn

vestir, usar

I want to wear this jeans tonight

to weigh, weighed, weghed

pesar

Ho much do you weigh?

to whisper, whispered, whispered (to)

sussurar (a)

Why are you whispering?

to win, won, won

ganhar, vencer

We won the basketball game

to wish, wished, wished

desejar (o impossível no momento), desejar (algo a alguém)

I wish to be rich some day

to withdraw, withdrew, withdrawn

sacar, retirar (dinheiro)

 

to withhold, withheld, withheld

reter, ocultar

He withheld all the news he could about the process.

to work, worked, worked (with, for, at, in, on)

trabalhar (com, para, em)

Did she work at the office?

to worry, worried, worried (about)

preocupar-se (com)

Don't worry about me

to write, wrote, written (to)

escrever (para)

Did he write a letter to his girlfriend?

to yawn, yawned, yawned

bocejar

You're been yawing all day, did you sleep late last night?