Entrar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Portuguese

entrar — to enter — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Portuguese. It is a regular -ar verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It means to enter and to go in, and it is completely regular. It is the natural opposite of sair, and it is the verb for entering a house, a room or a city. On this page you will find entrar in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself. The full conjugation tables are on the entrar conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the entrar present tense page.

Example sentences with entrar

In the present tense

  • “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.” — “I enter the house”
  • “Tu entras em casa todos os dias.” — “You enter the house”
  • “Ele entra em casa todos os dias.” — “He enters the house”
  • “Nós entramos em casa todos os dias.” — “We enter the house”
  • “Vós entrais em casa todos os dias.” — “You enter the house”
  • “Eles entram em casa todos os dias.” — “They enter the house”

In the pretérito perfeito

  • “Eu entrei em casa ontem.” — “I entered the house”
  • “Tu entraste em casa ontem.” — “You entered the house”
  • “Ele entrou em casa ontem.” — “He entered the house”
  • “Nós entrámos em casa ontem.” — “We entered the house”
  • “Vós entrastes em casa ontem.” — “You entered the house”
  • “Eles entraram em casa ontem.” — “They entered the house”

In other tenses

The same verb in the pretérito imperfeito, the futuro do presente, the futuro do pretérito, the presente do subjuntivo and the imperative — the tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “Eu entrava em casa antigamente.” — “I used to enter the house”
  • “Tu entrarás em casa amanhã.” — “You will enter the house”
  • “Ele entraria em casa um dia.” — “He would enter the house”
  • “É importante que nós entremos em casa.” — “It is important that we enter the house”
  • “Entra em casa!” — “Enter the house!”

How entrar is used

The first thing to know about entrar is its core meaning: to enter. It means to enter and to go in, and it is completely regular. It is the natural opposite of sair, and it is the verb for entering a house, a room or a city. In everyday speech it appears most often in the present and the pretérito perfeito, the two tenses on this page, because most of what we say is either what we do every day or what we have just done. Learn those two tenses first and the rest of the conjugation becomes a matter of adding forms one at a time. The second thing to know is the company entrar keeps. The present eu form is entro, and it pairs naturally with the time words todos os dias and sempre for habits, and with agora for what is happening right now. The pretérito perfeito composto eu form is tenho entrado, and it pairs with ontem and esta semana for finished actions. When you learn a verb form, learn its time words with it, and choosing the tense becomes automatic. The third thing to know is what entrar does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after eu you need entro, never entrar. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the pretérito perfeito composto is tenho entrado, built with ter, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle entrado is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Entrar in context

Eu entro em casa todos os dias. Tu entras em casa todos os dias. Ele entra em casa todos os dias. Nós entramos em casa todos os dias. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of entrar is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — entro, entras, entra, entramos — while the meaning stays the same: to enter. Eu entrei em casa ontem. Tu entraste em casa ontem. Ele entrou em casa ontem. Nós entrámos em casa ontem. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the pretérito perfeito of entrar appears constantly: a finished action, a precise moment, and the story goes on. Compare these sentences with the present ones above: the verb changes tense, but the basic meaning — to enter — does not change. That is the difference between a habit and a finished event.

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Eu entrar em casa.”

✓ Right: “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.”

The infinitive entrar never takes a subject. After eu you need the conjugated present form entro.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Eu entras em casa.”

✓ Right: “Eu entro em casa todos os dias.”

entras is the tu form, not the eu form. The eu form is entro — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Eu entro em casa ontem.”

✓ Right: “Eu entrei em casa ontem.”

Ontem points to the past, so use the pretérito perfeito entrei here, not the present entro.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Eu sou entrado em casa.”

✓ Right: “Eu tenho entrado em casa esta semana.”

entrar takes ter in the pretérito perfeito composto. The eu form is tenho entrado — the other auxiliary never belongs with this verb.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on entrar across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.

  1. What is the tu form of entrar in the Present indicative (presente)?

    • A) entro
    • B) entras
    • C) entra
    • D) entramos

  2. What is the eu form of entrar in the Pretérito perfeito composto?

    • A) tens entrado
    • B) tem entrado
    • C) tenho entrado
    • D) temos entrado

  3. What is the ele/ela form of entrar in the Pretérito imperfeito?

    • A) entravas
    • B) entrávamos
    • C) entráveis
    • D) entrava

  4. What is the nós form of entrar in the Futuro do presente?

    • A) entraremos
    • B) entrarei
    • C) entrarás
    • D) entrará

  5. What is the tu form of entrar in the Futuro do pretérito?

    • A) entraria
    • B) entrarias
    • C) entraríamos
    • D) entraríeis

  6. What is the eu form of entrar in the Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples?

    • A) entraras
    • B) entráramos
    • C) entrara
    • D) entráreis

  7. What is the nós form of entrar in the Presente do subjuntivo?

    • A) entre
    • B) entres
    • C) entreis
    • D) entremos

  8. What is the gerund of entrar?

    • A) entrando
    • B) entrado
    • C) entrar
    • D) entro

  9. What is the past participle of entrar?

    • A) entrando
    • B) entrado
    • C) entrar
    • D) entro

  10. What does entrar mean in English?

  • A) to be
  • B) to have
  • C) to enter
  • D) —

Answer key

  1. B) entras — the correct form is entras. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) tenho entrado — the correct form is tenho entrado. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) entrava — the correct form is entrava. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) entraremos — the correct form is entraremos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) entrarias — the correct form is entrarias. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) entrara — the correct form is entrara. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) entremos — the correct form is entremos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) entrando — the correct form is entrando. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) entrado — the correct form is entrado. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to enter — the correct form is to enter. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does entrar mean in English?

entrar means “to enter”. You use it whenever you talk about to enter in Portuguese, in the present, the past and the future.

Is entrar regular or irregular?

entrar is regular. entrar is regular: every form follows the standard -ar endings, so once you know the pattern you can build every tense from the stem.

What are the gerund and past participle of entrar?

The gerund is entrando and the past participle is entrado. The perfect tenses use ter + entrado.

Where can I see the full conjugation of entrar?

On the entrar conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The entrar present tense page goes deeper into its most practised tense.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for entrar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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