How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Portuguese words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Portuguese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Portuguese vocabulary: verb patterns

To need, to be about to, to remember: the Portuguese verb phrases that keep coming back in conversation.

Here are 100 Portuguese words on “Verb patterns”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

Portuguese	English
ter direito a	to be allowed to
servir para	to be used for
culpar-se	to blame oneself
recorrer a	to call upon
continuar a	to carry on doing
escolher	to choose to
regressar	to come back
entrar	to come in
prescindir de	to do without
esperar	to expect
preencher	to fill in
ter dificuldade em	to find it hard to
terminar de	to finish doing
esquecer-se de	to forget to
subir	to get on
dar lugar a	to give rise to
proceder	to go about it
voltar a entrar	to go back inside
sair com	to go out with
passar por	to go through
acabar de	to have just done
ajudar a	to help to
comunicar	to inform of
aprender a	to learn to
ocupar-se	to look afterTake charge of
olhar	to look at
procurar	to look for
prestar atenção a	to pay attention to
safar-se	to pull through
suportar	to put up with
dar-se conta	to realiseBecome aware of something
recuperar-se	to recover
contar com	to rely on
lembrar-se	to remember
pôr-se a	to start doing
parar	to stop
tirar	to take off
perceber	to work out

Level 2: medium 36 words

Portuguese	English
aceitar	to agree to
interessar-se por	to be interested in
ser obrigado a	to be obliged to
estar orgulhoso de	to be proud of
tomar consciência de	to become aware of
acalmar-se	to calm down
alcançar	to catch up
ocorrer	to come about
decidir	to decide to
sonhar com	to dream of
encorajar a	to encourage to
vestir-se	to get dressed
enganar-se	to get it wrong
casar-se	to get married
preparar-se para	to get ready to
levantar-se	to get up
abandonar	to give up
distribuir	to hand out
divertir-se	to have fun
reter	to hold back
ter intenção de	to intend to
cuidar	to look afterSee to someone’s well-being
decidir-se a	to make up one’s mind
arrumar	to put away
adiar	to put off
dar provas de	to show evidence of
separar-se	to split up
deixar de	to stop doing
atacar	to tackle
ter em conta	to take into account
refletir sobre	to think over
confiar em	to trust
rejeitar	to turn down
apagar	to turn off
utilizar	to use
acordar	to wake up

Level 3: hard 26 words

Portuguese	English
arriscar-se a	to be likely to
desconfiar de	to be wary of
preocupar-se com	to care about
encontrar por acaso	to come across
merecer	to deserve to
dedicar-se a	to devote oneself to
adormecer	to fall asleep
obrigar a	to force to
zangar-se	to get angry
aborrecer-se	to get bored
rever	to go over
magoar-se	to hurt oneself
insistir em	to insist on
convidar a	to invite to
esperar com impaciência	to look forward to
procurar no dicionário	to look up
troçar	to make fun
desenrascar-se	to manage
opor-se a	to oppose
vestir	to put on
lamentar	to regret
suspeitar de	to suspect
encarregar-se de	to take charge of
contratar	to take on
considerar	to think of
despir-se	to undress

In Brazil, people say

KoKo also teaches Brazilian Portuguese. Among the words on this page, here are the ones that change.

to come back regressar voltar
to pull through safar-se virar-se
to work out perceber entender
to get bored aborrecer-se entediar-se
to hurt oneself magoar-se machucar-se
to make fun troçar zombar
to manage desenrascar-se dar um jeito

Mini quiz

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Portuguese words on “Verb patterns”. The full topic holds 151 in the KoKo app: 58 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Portuguese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.