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tirar — to take (photo, vacation), to take off, to remove
Full conjugation of tirar 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 tirar in Brazilian Portuguese
Tirar is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to take (photo, vacation), to take off, to remove. 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 tiro — I take (a photo) / take off. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu tirei — I took (a photo) / took off. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu tirava — I used to take (photos) / take off.
Said the Rio way, tiro sounds like CHEE-roo. The nós form tiramos ends in the carioca “sh”, chee-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 | tiroI take (a photo) / take off | CHEE-roo | Eu tiro uma foto. |
| você / ele / ela | tirayou take (a photo) / take off | CHEE-rah | Você tira o casaco? |
| nós | tiramoswe take (a photo) / take off | chee-RAH-moosh | Nós tiramos uma selfie ali. |
| vocês / eles / elas | tiramyou all take (a photo) / take off | CHEE-rahng | Vocês tiram os sapatos na entrada? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | tireiI took (a photo) / took off | chee-RAY | Eu tirei uma foto da paisagem. |
| você / ele / ela | tirouyou took (a photo) / took off | chee-ROH | Você tirou o casaco antes de entrar? |
| nós | tiramoswe took (a photo) / took off | chee-RAH-moosh | Nós tiramos uma selfie no parque. |
| vocês / eles / elas | tiraramyou all took (a photo) / took off | chee-RAH-rahng | Vocês tiraram as malas do carro? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | tiravaI used to take (photos) / take off | chee-RAH-vah | Eu tirava foto de tudo. |
| você / ele / ela | tiravayou used to take (photos) / take off | chee-RAH-vah | Você tirava as dúvidas com o professor? |
| nós | tirávamoswe used to take (photos) / take off | chee-RAH-vah-moosh | Nós tirávamos férias no verão. |
| vocês / eles / elas | tiravamyou all used to take (photos) / take off | chee-RAH-vahng | Vocês tiravam o sapato na entrada? |
More “Ações e movimentos” verbs
- trazer to bring
- colocar to put, to place
- 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)
- descer to go down, to get off
- partir to leave, to depart
- pôr to put, to place
- subir to go up, to climb
- virar to turn (a corner), to become