Fala Gringo › Verbs › convidar
convidar — to invite
Full conjugation of convidar 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 convidar in Brazilian Portuguese
Convidar is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to invite. 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 convido — I invite. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu convidei — I invited. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu convidava — I used to invite / was inviting.
Said the Rio way, convido sounds like kohn-VEE-doo. The nós form convidamos ends in the carioca “sh”, kohn-vee-DAH-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | convidoI invite | kohn-VEE-doo | Eu convido os meus amigos sempre. |
| você / ele / ela | convidayou invite | kohn-VEE-dah | Você convida ela pra festa? |
| nós | convidamoswe invite | kohn-vee-DAH-moosh | Nós convidamos todo mundo. |
| vocês / eles / elas | convidamyou all invite | kohn-VEE-dahng | Vocês convidam os vizinhos? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | convideiI invited | kohn-vee-DAY | Eu convidei ele pro churrasco. |
| você / ele / ela | convidouyou invited | kohn-vee-DOH | Você convidou muita gente? |
| nós | convidamoswe invited | kohn-vee-DAH-moosh | Nós convidamos a família toda. |
| vocês / eles / elas | convidaramyou all invited | kohn-vee-DAH-rahng | Vocês convidaram o pessoal do trabalho? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | convidavaI used to invite / was inviting | kohn-vee-DAH-vah | Eu convidava os amigos todo fim de semana. |
| você / ele / ela | convidavayou used to invite / were inviting | kohn-vee-DAH-vah | Você convidava os colegas? |
| nós | convidávamoswe used to invite / were inviting | kohn-vee-DAH-vah-moosh | Nós convidávamos a vizinhança pro aniversário. |
| vocês / eles / elas | convidavamyou all used to invite / were inviting | kohn-vee-DAH-vahng | Vocês convidavam eles sempre? |
More “Interação social” verbs
- gostar to like
- amar to love
- ajudar to help
- cuidar to take care (of)
- emprestar to lend
- paquerar to flirt
- acompanhar to accompany, to follow along
- lidar to deal (with), to handle
- visitar to visit
- aceitar to accept
- recusar to refuse
- combinar to arrange
- encontrar to find, to meet
- esperar to wait, to hope
- seguir to follow
- agradecer to thank
- desculpar to forgive, to excuse
- marcar to schedule, to mark