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marcar — to schedule, to mark
Full conjugation of marcar 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 marcar in Brazilian Portuguese
Marcar is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to schedule, to mark. It is a regular -ar verb, so once you know the endings there are no surprises — only the spelling shifts in marquei 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 marco — I schedule. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu marquei — I scheduled / marked. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu marcava — I used to schedule / book / was scheduling.
Said the Rio way, marco sounds like MAR-koo. The nós form marcamos ends in the carioca “sh”, mahr-KAH-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | marcoI schedule | MAR-koo | Eu marco uma consulta hoje. |
| você / ele / ela | marcayou schedule | MAR-kah | Você marca um horário lá? |
| nós | marcamoswe schedule | mahr-KAH-moosh | Nós marcamos pra sexta-feira. |
| vocês / eles / elas | marcamyou all schedule | MAR-kahng | Vocês marcam o encontro hoje? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | marqueiI scheduled / marked | mahr-KAY | Eu marquei uma consulta para amanhã. |
| você / ele / ela | marcouyou scheduled / marked | mahr-KOH | Você marcou o encontro com o cliente? |
| nós | marcamoswe scheduled / marked | mahr-KAH-moosh | Nós marcamos o jantar para as oito. |
| vocês / eles / elas | marcaramyou all scheduled / marked | mahr-KAH-rahng | Vocês marcaram o lugar na agenda? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | marcavaI used to schedule / book / was scheduling | mahr-KAH-vah | Eu marcava as reuniões com antecedência. |
| você / ele / ela | marcavayou used to schedule / book / were scheduling | mahr-KAH-vah | Você marcava consulta com frequência? |
| nós | marcávamoswe used to schedule / book / were scheduling | mahr-KAH-vah-moosh | Nós marcávamos encontros todo domingo. |
| vocês / eles / elas | marcavamyou all used to schedule / book | mahr-KAH-vahng | Vocês marcavam hora no restaurante? |
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
- convidar to invite
- 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