verbs

arrumar ➜ to fix up

present indicative
arrumar
to arrange, tidy up
euarrumo
você, ele, elaarruma
nósarrumamos
vocês, eles, elasarrumam

Complete conjugation.

Você já arrumou sua mala? ➜ Did you already pack your suitcase?

Preciso arrumar (um) emprego. ➜ I need to get a job.

Vou arrumar essa casa logo! ➜ I'm going to fix up this house soon!

atender ➜ to attend, help

Most commonly heard in stores in the context of offering help to a customer. For example, Posso arender o senhor? translates as: Can I help you sir? In this context though, “help” really means, to attend. Always choose this verb in transactional situations rather than ajudar.

present indicative
atender
to attend to
euatendo
você, ele, elaatende
nósatendemos
vocês, eles, elasatendem

Complete conjugation.

Você já foi atendido? Have you already been helped?

Você pode me atender? Can you help me?

atravessar ➜ to cross, pass-through

present indicative
atravessar
to cross
euatravesso
você, ele, elaatravessa
nósatravessamos
vocês, eles, elasatravessam

*Used mainly when talking about crossing the street. But it’s also used to express traversing anything: an ocean, a building, a moment in time.
Complete conjugation.

Vamos atravessar a rua agora. (Let's cross the street now.)

Atravesse na faixa de pedestre. (Cross in the crosswalk.)

botar ➜ to put, place

Along with verbs botar & pôr, colocar is used is the same ways.

present indicative
botar
to put
euboto
você, ele, elabota
nósbotamos
vocês, eles, elasbotam

Complete conjugation.

Posso botar minhas coisas aqui? ➜ Can I put my hings here?

Ele botou no lugar certo. ➜ He put (it) in the right place.

calmar ➜ to calm

present indicative
calmar
to calm
eucalmo
você, ele, elacalma
nóscalmamos
vocês, eles, elascalam

CALMAR means to calm, calm down, get calm, be calmed ETC. Also used in a similar way is verb, ACALMAR.
Complete conjugation.

Eu vou tentar calmar a situação. ➜ I'm going to try to calm things down.

casar ➜ to marry

present indicative
casar
to marry
eucaso
você, ele, elacasa
nóscasamos
vocês, eles, elascasam

CASAR means to marry, get hitched, game over. There are no ambiguities, double-meanings or uncertainties about this verb. It’s done and settled, full stop.
Complete conjugation.

Vou me casar em maio. ➜ I'm getting married in May.

Você nunca vai se casar? ➜ You're never getting married?

Ela é casada? ➜ Is she married?

colocar ➜ to put, place

Along with verbs botar & pôr, colocar is used is the same ways.

present indicative
colocar
to put, place
eucoloco
você, ele, elacoloca
nóscolocamos
vocês, eles, elascolocam

Complete conjugation.

present ➜ Dá para colocar uma TV lá. ➜ You could put a TV there.

past ➜ Eu não coloquei gelo. ➜ I didn't put any ice (in).

past ➜ Ja coloquei meu curriculo para a vaga. ➜ I already put in my CV for the opening.

imperative ➜ Coloque no máximo possível. ➜ Put it on max.

past participle ➜ O prato foi colocado na mesa. ➜ The plate was placed on the table.

combinar

present indicative
combinar
to agree, combine
eucombino
você, ele, elacombina
nóscombinamos
vocês, eles, elascombinam

Complete conjugation.

present indicative ➜ Vamos combinar um encontro. ➜ Let's arrange a meeting.

preterit indicative ➜ Ela combinou de me encontrar. ➜ She agreed tp meet me.

past participle ➜ Vamos ao cinema, combinado? ➜ Let's go to the movies, deal?

começar ➜ to start, begin

present indicative
começar
to start, begin
eucomeço
você, ele, elacomeça
nóscomeçamos
vocês, eles, elascomeçam

Complete conjugation.

Eu quero comecar logo. ➜ I want to start soon.

A aula começa a que horas? ➜ What time does the class start?

Começar usually requires an “a” immediately after it. This is because when you start something, you start to something.

Vamos começar a correr. (Let's start to run.)

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