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Portuguese past tense vocabulary

Essential Portuguese vocabulary for past tense — 60 words with English translations, audio playback and a flashcard quiz.

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This guide turns a SPEAKZY lesson topic into a focused vocabulary article. The words are grouped for quick study, with English meanings, pronunciation hints where available, tap-to-hear audio, flashcards and a short quiz. Use the first key words as your warm-up, then work through the full list in chunks. Say each word out loud before checking the translation. If a word is useful for travel, family, food, work or daily conversation, save it mentally as a phrase starter rather than an isolated word. When you finish, jump into the related SPEAKZY course topic. The app uses the same vocabulary inside structured lessons, sentence practice and review, so the article becomes a natural bridge from browsing to proper speaking practice.

What this lesson covers

Core Portuguese words for past tense.

English meanings, pronunciation hints, and tap-to-hear audio.

A quick flashcard flow and quiz to make the words stick.

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Learn the first set, listen out loud, then move into the full list below.

Flashcards

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Practice quiz

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mas

Full vocabulary list

Words 1–20
  • ontem
    ON-tahm
    yesterday
  • comi
    ko-ME
    I ate
  • bebi
    be-BI
    I drank
  • fui
    FOOY
    I went
  • pão
    PUNG
    bread
  • água
    AH-gwah
    water
  • casa
    KAH-zah
    house
  • hoje
    O-zheh
    today
  • mas
    MAHSH
    but
  • muito
    MOO-ee-too
    very
  • noite
    NOY-teh
    night
  • vi
    VI
    I watched
  • livro
    LI-vroo
    book
  • li
    LI
    I read
  • dormi
    dor-MI
    I slept
  • tarde
    TAR-deh
    late
  • bem
    BENG
    well
  • televisão
    teh-leh-vi-ZOWNG
    TV
  • pouco
    POH-koo
    little
  • com
    KONG
    with
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