Portuguese ER Verbs

Salve, friends from A Dica do Dia. On our Dica today, we are going to talk about the Portuguese ER Verbs. Let’s learn the conjugation of regular verbs ending in -ER both in the simple present and simple past in Portuguese.

Present of Portuguese ER Verbs

Click on this link to learn the full conjugation of a regular verb ending in ER: conjugation of eat in Portuguese. As the most used tenses are the present and the past, let’s take a look at those conjugations. Here is the present form of some regular verbs. Pay attention how their endings are always the same, and listen to their pronunciation:

Past of Portuguese ER Verbs

And here you can see the past form. If you want to see some examples in the past, take a look at our Dica about verbs in -ER in the simple past.

List of Regular Verbs Ending in -ER

Now, let’s check out which verbs we can use with these terminations we have just learned! You will for sure be able to make many phrases using this Dica!

• Aprender
• Bater
• Beber
• Comer
• Correr
• Debater
• Dever
• Entender
• Escolher
• Escrever
• Morrer
• Perder
• Pretender
• Receber
• Viver
• Vender

List of Irregular Verbs Ending in -ER

These verbs don’t follow any particular rule, that is why they are irregular! But they still end in -ER, that is why they are here!

• Caber
• Crer
• Dizer
• Fazer
• Ler
• Parecer
• Poder
• Querer
• Saber
• Ter
• Trazer
• Ver

Examples with Portuguese ER Verbs

Eu sempre bebo caipirinha com meus amigos em Ipanema.
I always drink caipirinha with my friends in Ipanema.

Você atende o telefone todos os dias?
Do you pick up the phone everyday?

Ele vende muitos livros aqui.
He sells a lot of books here.

Nós aprendemos muito com as Dicas do dia.
We learn a lot with Dicas do dia.

Vocês recebem muitose-mails da empresa.
Do you receive a lot of emails from the company.

Eles sempre escrevem muitas cartas.
They always write many letters.

Now it’s your turn!

Complete the sentences below using the present tense of the verbs in parentheses:

1. (atender) Eu ______ o telefone.
2. (aprender) Os estudantes da Rio & Learn ______ Português.
3. (comer) Diogo ______ muito.
4. (receber) Meus amigos sempre ______ no dia 10.
5. (beber) Nós ______ muitas caipirinhas.
6. (correr) Ricardo e Albert ______ na praia todos os dias.
7. (vender) Eu não ______ meu apartamento. Gosto muito dele.
8. (responder) Vocês ______ os e-mails imediatamente.
9. (viver) Nós ______ juntos há dois anos.
10. (entender) João nunca ______ o que eu falo.
11. (crescer) As crianças ______ muito rápido, não é?
12. (morrer) Eu ______ de rir com meu professor. Ele é muito engraçado!

See you, guys!
Hugs from Rio de Janeiro!

Click in the links below to see more related Dicas
Portuguese AR Verbs
Portuguese IR Verbs
Verbs Ending in ER in the Past
Portuguese Verbs Ending in AIR

Answers

1. atendo
2. aprendem
3. come
4. recebem
5. bebemos
6. correm
7. vendo
8. respondem
9. vivemos
10. entende
11. crescem
12. morro