Fala Gringo › Verbs › chorar
chorar — to cry
Full conjugation of chorar in the tenses that matter for everyday speech, with pronunciation hints in the Rio (carioca) accent and example sentences the way Brazilians actually talk — not textbook European Portuguese.
How to use chorar in Brazilian Portuguese
Chorar is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to cry. It is a regular -ar verb, so once you know the endings there are no surprises.
Three tenses do almost all the work in conversation. The presente covers the present and the near future: eu choro — I cry. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu chorei — I cried. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu chorava — I used to cry / was crying.
Said the Rio way, choro sounds like SHOH-roo. The nós form choramos ends in the carioca “sh”, shoh-RAH-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | choroI cry | SHOH-roo | Eu choro de rir às vezes. |
| você / ele / ela | chorayou cry | SHOH-rah | Você chora no cinema? |
| nós | choramoswe cry | shoh-RAH-moosh | Nós choramos fácil com filme triste. |
| vocês / eles / elas | choramyou all cry | SHOH-rahng | Vocês choram com filmes tristes? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | choreiI cried | shoh-RAY | Eu chorei no final do filme. |
| você / ele / ela | chorouyou cried | shoh-ROH | Você chorou quando soube? |
| nós | choramoswe cried | shoh-RAH-moosh | Nós choramos de tanto rir. |
| vocês / eles / elas | choraramyou all cried | shoh-RAH-rahng | Vocês choraram no casamento? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | choravaI used to cry / was crying | shoh-RAH-vah | Eu chorava em todo filme triste. |
| você / ele / ela | choravayou used to cry / were crying | shoh-RAH-vah | Você chorava quando tinha saudade? |
| nós | chorávamoswe used to cry / were crying | shoh-RAH-vah-moosh | Nós chorávamos de tanto rir. |
| vocês / eles / elas | choravamyou all used to cry | shoh-RAH-vahng | Vocês choravam por qualquer coisa? |