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sugerir — to suggest
Full conjugation of sugerir 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 sugerir in Brazilian Portuguese
Sugerir is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to suggest. It is an irregular verb: 1 of its forms in the three tenses below break the regular -ir pattern (sugiro), and those are the ones to learn by heart.
Three tenses do almost all the work in conversation. The presente covers the present and the near future: eu sugiro — I suggest. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu sugeri — I suggested. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu sugeria — I used to suggest.
Said the Rio way, sugiro sounds like soo-ZHEE-roo. The nós form sugerimos ends in the carioca “sh”, soo-zhe-REE-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | sugiroI suggest | soo-ZHEE-roo | Eu sugiro um restaurante perto daqui. |
| você / ele / ela | sugereyou suggest | soo-ZHEH-ree | Você sugere algum lugar? |
| nós | sugerimoswe suggest | soo-zhe-REE-moosh | Nós sugerimos sair mais cedo. |
| vocês / eles / elas | sugeremyou all suggest | soo-ZHEH-reng | Vocês sugerem outro dia? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | sugeriI suggested | soo-zheh-REE | Eu sugeri um restaurante novo. |
| você / ele / ela | sugeriuyou suggested | soo-zhe-REE-oo | Você sugeriu outro horário? |
| nós | sugerimoswe suggested | soo-zhe-REE-moosh | Nós sugerimos sair mais cedo. |
| vocês / eles / elas | sugeriramyou all suggested | soo-zhe-REE-rahng | Vocês sugeriram o mesmo lugar? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | sugeriaI used to suggest | soo-zheh-REE-ah | Eu sempre sugeria o mesmo restaurante. |
| você / ele / ela | sugeriayou used to suggest | soo-zheh-REE-ah | Você sugeria filmes para a gente? |
| nós | sugeríamoswe used to suggest | soo-zheh-REE-ah-moosh | Nós sugeríamos lugares para visitar. |
| vocês / eles / elas | sugeriamyou all used to suggest | soo-zheh-REE-ahng | Vocês sugeriam ideias na reunião? |
More “Comunicação” verbs
- falar to speak, to talk
- gritar to shout, to scream
- dizer to say
- perguntar to ask
- responder to answer
- explicar to explain
- chamar to call
- conversar to chat
- contar to tell, to count
- repetir to repeat
- entender to understand
- aprender to learn
- ensinar to teach
- receber to receive, to get (mail, a message)
- mandar to send
- avisar to let (someone) know, to warn