Most Common Verbs (Present)

ser

to be (permanent)

ter

to have

estar

to be (temporary)

poder

to be able to / can

fazer

to do / to make

ir

to go

haver (3rd person)

there to be (in the 3rd person)

dizer

to say

dar

to give

ver

to see / to watch

saber

to know (something)

querer

to want

ficar

to stay / to remain

dever

to have to / must / to owe

passar

to pass / to spend (time)

vir

to come

chegar

to arrive / to reach / to suffice

falar

to speak

deixar

to leave / to let

encontrar

to find / to meet

levar

to take / to carry

começar

to start / to begin

partir

to leave / to depart / to break

pensar

to think

parecer

to seem

apresentar

to present / to introduce

olhar

to look

tornar-se

to become

sair

to exit

voltar

to return / to go back

conseguir

to be able to

achar

to find / to think (that)

existir

to exist

sentir

to feel / to sense

entrar

to enter / to go in

chamar

to call

conhecer

to know (someone)

considerar

to consider / to regard

pôr

to put / to place / to set

continuar

to continue / to carry on

viver

to live

ouvir

to hear / to listen

tomar

to take

acabar

to finish / to end

receber

to receive

perder

to lose

andar

to walk

trabalhar

to work

criar

to create / to raise

pedir

to ask

seguir

to follow

contar

to count / to tell (a tale)

acontecer

to happen

afirmar

to say / to state / to affirm

tratar

to treat / to handle

esperar

to wait

gostar

to like

usar

to use

manter

to maintain / to keep

realizar

to carry out / to direct (a film)

abrir

to open

escrever

to write

permitir

to allow / to enable

ocorrer

to happen / to occur

mostrar

to show

lembrar-se

to remember / to remind

trazer

to bring

procurar

to search / to look for

morrer

to die

tentar

to try

formar

to form / to make

aparecer

to appear / to show up

incluir

to include

cair

to fall

correr

to run / to jog

ganhar

to win / to gain

surgir

to arise / to emerge

nascer

to be born

pagar

to pay

representar

to represent / to act

perceber

to understand

produzir

to produce

ler

to read

precisar

to need

perguntar

to ask

constituir

to constitute

colocar

to place / to put

possuir

to possess

servir

to serve

tirar

to remove / to take

responder

to answer / to reply

obter

to obtain / to get

desenvolver

to develop

explicar

to explain

descobrir

to discover / to find out

acreditar

to believe

levantar

to raise / to lift

mandar

to send / to boss

estudar

to study

atingir

to hit / to reach