Drink in Portuguese

June 29, 2015

Hello friends! Are you ready to learn Portuguese? Today we’ll learn a verb that’s currently related to a need we all have, sometimes a physical need, sometimes social. The verb is beber, which sometimes is also tomar in Portuguese. Here you’ll see the conjugation of the verb to drink in Portuguese and practice with a fun quiz. Also, we have a list of some of the things we drink to enrich your vocabulary and practice the pronunciation of these words. Let’s go!

Conjugation of the verb to drink in Portuguese

Drinking is one of the most important physical needs. Drinks and gastronomy are a very important part the culture of a country, and Brazil has a strong cultural identity, as you know. We’ve already studied the verb comer, now let’s go to the conjugation of the verb to drink in Portuguese.

Every different place has it’s traditional drink, right? It could be something people drink in the morning, for example a juice from a local fruit, or an alcoholic drink that has a story from that particular place. What do you know about Brazilian drinks?

Let’s start learning how to conjugate the verb, then we will go back to talk about drinks. Okay? Take a look at these examples of sentences with the verb to drink in Portuguese:

Eu bebi vinho tinto no jantar.
I drank red wine at dinner.
Minha irmã sempre bebe suco de laranja no almoço.
My sister always drinks orange juice with lunch.

Beber is a regular verb with the -ER ending. To conjugate this verb is very easy, you just have to pay attention to the regular endings, which are highlighted in bold on the chart below, and remember them. Easy, right? Let’s go, then!

Indicative

Present	Past Simple	Imperfect Past
Eu bebo	Eu bebi	Eu bebia
Você bebe	Você bebeu	Você bebia
Ele/ela bebe	Ele/ela bebeu	Ele/ela bebia
Nós bebemos	Nós bebemos	Nós bebíamos
Vocês bebem	Vocês beberam	Vocês bebiam
Eles/elas bebem	Eles/elas beberam	Eles/elas bebiam

Past pluperfect simple	Past pluperfect composed
Eu bebera	Eu tinha bebido
Você bebera	Você tinha bebido
Ele/ela bebera	Ele/ela tinha bebido
Nós bebêramos	Nós tínhamos bebido
Vocês beberam	Vocês tinham bebido
Eles/elas beberam	Eles/elas tinham bebido

Simple Future	Immediate Future	Future of the past
Eu beberei	Eu vou beber	Eu beberia
Você beberá	Você vai beber	Você beberia
Ele/ela beberá	Ele/ela vai beber	Ele/ela beberia
Nós beberemos	Nós vamos beber	Nós beberíamos
Vocês beberão	Vocês vão beber	Vocês beberiam
Eles/elas beberão	Eles/elas vão beber	Eles/elas beberiam

Imperative

Affirmative	Negative
Beba você	Não beba você
Beba ele/ela	Não beba ele/ela
Bebamos nós	Não bebamos nós
Bebam vocês	Não bebam vocês
Bebam eles/elas	Não bebam eles/elas

Subjunctive

Present	Imperfect Past	Future
Que eu beba	Se eu bebesse	Quando eu beber
Que você beba	Se você bebesse	Quando você beber
Que ele/ela beba	Se ele/ela bebesse	Quando ele/ela beber
Que nós bebamos	Se nós bebêssemos	Quando nós bebermos
Que vocês bebam	Se vocês bebessem	Quando vocês beberem
Que eles/elas bebam	Se eles/elas bebessem	Quando eles/elas beberem

Other tenses

Personal infinitive	Gerund	Participle
Para beber eu	Bebendo	Bebido
Para beber você
Para beber ele/ela
Para bebermos nós
Para beberem vocês
Para beberem eles/elas

What we Drink, in Portuguese

Now tell us what do you know about the drinks we have in Brazil? Do you have a favorite? Are you thinking about the same drink as me? Oh yeah! CAIPIRINHA!!! But this is not the only one you know, right? I hope not! In any case, we’ve prepared a list of drinks in Portuguese for you. Here you have some of the most common drinks we have in Brazil and some of the typical ones you’ll try here with us at our school in Copacabana.

Vocabulary list

A cerveja	Beer
A caipirinha	Caipirinha
O vinho	Wine
Os refrigerantes	Soda
O guaraná	Guaraná soda
O café	Coffee
O capuccino	Cappuccino
A vodka	Vodka
O uísque	Whisky
A água tônica	Tonic water
O chá	Tea
A água	Water
O leite	Milk
O gim	Gin
A água de coco	Coconut water
O champanhe/ a champanha	Champagne
A batida	Blended fruit drink (alcoholic)
A dose	Shot
*O Chimarrão ou o mate	Matte-tea
A limonada	Fresh lemonade
O caldo de cana	Sugarcane juice
O suco de laranja	Orange juice
O suco de manga	Mango juice
O suco de maracujá	Passion fruit juice
O suco de abacaxi	Pineapple juice
O suco de morango	Strawberry juice

*Chimarrão and mate are both tea from herbs rich in caffeine but one is served very hot in a container made from a calabash gourd, using a metal straw (typical in other South American countries and the coldest states in Brazil), and mate is a soft drink, served chilled, and common on the beaches here in Rio with ice and a touch of limonada.

Also, there’s the verb Tomar in Portuguese that has the same meaning of beber in some situations. This verb is used mostly in informal cases or in expressions that are common in a region. For example, tomar água, tomar café, tomar uma cerveja, tomar um lanche (that includes eating as well)

If you don’t know what caipirinha is, you really should learn, Caipirinha is a national symbol! And if you want to learn how to make one, we teach you here.

Drinks in Portuguese pronunciation

Now that you know the conjugation of the verb to drink in Portuguese and have seen some of the drinks, let’s listen to the pronunciation of some of these drinks we have just learned and answer a couple questions:

What about you country? What are the typical drinks you have?
Are there specific drinks for different seasons of the year?

Have you ever thought about drinking a beer while studying? If you study Portuguese in Brazil with us, you’ll see that sometimes a fresh coconut water or a cold beer can help improve your language learning! We can study Portuguese at the beach bebendo água de coco or at a cafe bebendo um capuccino. Come and see our courses and choose the best for you!

A game about drinks in Portuguese

Before you leave, let’s play a game to make sure that you can order your favorite drinks in Portuguese.

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So, what was your score? Do you already know everything about these drinks or do you still have to practice a little bit more? A great way to practice it is going out and ordering a drink.

Let’s drink a caipirinha together?

See you next Dica. Bye Bye!

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Eat in Portuguese
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Restaurant in Portuguese

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