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descer — to go down, to get off
Full conjugation of descer 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 descer in Brazilian Portuguese
Descer is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to go down, to get off. It is a regular -er verb, so once you know the endings there are no surprises — only the spelling shifts in desço to keep the sound of the stem, which is orthography, not irregularity.
Three tenses do almost all the work in conversation. The presente covers the present and the near future: eu desço — I go down. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu desci — I went down / descended. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu descia — I used to go down / descend / was going down.
Said the Rio way, desço sounds like DEH-soo. The nós form descemos ends in the carioca “sh”, deh-SEH-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | desçoI go down | DEH-soo | Eu desço na próxima estação. |
| você / ele / ela | desceyou go down | DEH-see | Você desce aqui? |
| nós | descemoswe go down | deh-SEH-moosh | Nós descemos a escada juntos. |
| vocês / eles / elas | descemyou all go down | DEH-seng | Vocês descem agora? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | desciI went down / descended | deh-SEE | Eu desci as escadas correndo. |
| você / ele / ela | desceuyou went down / descended | deh-SEH-oo | Você desceu na parada certa? |
| nós | descemoswe went down / descended | deh-SEH-moosh | Nós descemos juntos do elevador. |
| vocês / eles / elas | desceramyou all went down / descended | deh-SEH-rahng | Vocês desceram antes ou depois? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | desciaI used to go down / descend / was going down | deh-SEE-ah | Eu descia as escadas correndo. |
| você / ele / ela | desciayou used to go down / descend / were going down | deh-SEE-ah | Você descia de elevador ou de escada? |
| nós | descíamoswe used to go down / descend / were going down | deh-SEE-ah-moosh | Nós descíamos a serra de carro. |
| vocês / eles / elas | desciamyou all used to go down / descend | deh-SEE-ahng | Vocês desciam para o café todo dia? |
More “Ações e movimentos” verbs
- trazer to bring
- colocar to put, to place
- tirar to take (photo, vacation), to take off, to remove
- deixar to leave (behind), to let
- passar to pass, to spend (time)
- parar to stop
- continuar to continue
- mudar to change, to move (house)
- correr to run
- sentar to sit (down)
- fugir to run away, to escape
- cair to fall
- andar to walk, to go around
- botar to put (colloquial)
- partir to leave, to depart
- pôr to put, to place
- subir to go up, to climb
- virar to turn (a corner), to become