Trazer Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Portuguese

trazer — to bring — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Portuguese. It is a irregular -er verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It means to bring, and it is irregular: the present is trago, trazes, traz, trazem, and the pretérito perfeito changes the stem completely — trouxe, trouxeste, trouxe, trouxemos, trouxestes, trouxeram. Its participle is trazido, which is regular. It is the opposite of levar, which means to take something away from the speaker. On this page you will find trazer 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 trazer conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the trazer pretérito perfeito tense page.

Example sentences with trazer

In the present tense

  • “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.” — “I bring a book”
  • “Tu trazes um livro todos os dias.” — “You bring a book”
  • “Ele traz um livro todos os dias.” — “He brings a book”
  • “Nós trazemos um livro todos os dias.” — “We bring a book”
  • “Vós trazeis um livro todos os dias.” — “You bring a book”
  • “Eles trazem um livro todos os dias.” — “They bring a book”

In the pretérito perfeito

  • “Eu trouxe um livro ontem.” — “I brought a book”
  • “Tu trouxeste um livro ontem.” — “You brought a book”
  • “Ele trouxe um livro ontem.” — “He brought a book”
  • “Nós trouxemos um livro ontem.” — “We brought a book”
  • “Vós trouxestes um livro ontem.” — “You brought a book”
  • “Eles trouxeram um livro ontem.” — “They brought a book”

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 trazia um livro antigamente.” — “I used to bring a book”
  • “Tu trarás um livro amanhã.” — “You will bring a book”
  • “Ele traria um livro um dia.” — “He would bring a book”
  • “É importante que nós tragamos um livro.” — “It is important that we bring a book”
  • “Traz um livro!” — “Bring a book!”

How trazer is used

The first thing to know about trazer is its core meaning: to bring. It means to bring, and it is irregular: the present is trago, trazes, traz, trazem, and the pretérito perfeito changes the stem completely — trouxe, trouxeste, trouxe, trouxemos, trouxestes, trouxeram. Its participle is trazido, which is regular. It is the opposite of levar, which means to take something away from the speaker. 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 trazer keeps. The present eu form is trago, 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 trazido, 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 trazer does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after eu you need trago, never trazer. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the pretérito perfeito composto is tenho trazido, built with ter, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle trazido is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Trazer in context

Eu trago um livro todos os dias. Tu trazes um livro todos os dias. Ele traz um livro todos os dias. Nós trazemos um livro todos os dias. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of trazer is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — trago, trazes, traz, trazemos — while the meaning stays the same: to bring. Eu trouxe um livro ontem. Tu trouxeste um livro ontem. Ele trouxe um livro ontem. Nós trouxemos um livro ontem. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the pretérito perfeito of trazer 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 bring — 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 trazer um livro.”

✓ Right: “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.”

The infinitive trazer never takes a subject. After eu you need the conjugated present form trago.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Eu trazes um livro.”

✓ Right: “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.”

trazes is the tu form, not the eu form. The eu form is trago — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Eu trago um livro ontem.”

✓ Right: “Eu trouxe um livro ontem.”

Ontem points to the past, so use the pretérito perfeito trouxe here, not the present trago.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Eu sou trazido um livro.”

✓ Right: “Eu tenho trazido um livro esta semana.”

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

Quiz: test yourself

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

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

    • A) trago
    • B) trazes
    • C) traz
    • D) trazemos

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

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

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

    • A) trazias
    • B) trazíamos
    • C) trazíeis
    • D) trazia

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

    • A) traremos
    • B) trarei
    • C) trarás
    • D) trará

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

    • A) traria
    • B) trarias
    • C) traríamos
    • D) traríeis

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

    • A) trouxeras
    • B) trouxéramos
    • C) trouxera
    • D) trouxéreis

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

    • A) traga
    • B) tragas
    • C) tragais
    • D) tragamos

  8. What is the gerund of trazer?

    • A) trazendo
    • B) trazido
    • C) trazer
    • D) trago

  9. What is the past participle of trazer?

    • A) trazendo
    • B) trazido
    • C) trazer
    • D) trago

  10. What does trazer mean in English?

  • A) to ask for
  • B) to receive
  • C) to bring
  • D) to pay

Answer key

  1. B) trazes — the correct form is trazes. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) tenho trazido — the correct form is tenho trazido. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) trazia — the correct form is trazia. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) traremos — the correct form is traremos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) trarias — the correct form is trarias. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) trouxera — the correct form is trouxera. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) tragamos — the correct form is tragamos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) trazendo — the correct form is trazendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) trazido — the correct form is trazido. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to bring — the correct form is to bring. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does trazer mean in English?

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

Is trazer regular or irregular?

trazer is irregular. trazer is irregular in presente, pretérito perfeito, pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples, futuro do presente, futuro do pretérito, presente do subjuntivo, pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo, futuro do subjuntivo, imperativo afirmativo, imperativo negativo — learn those forms as a set.

What are the gerund and past participle of trazer?

The gerund is trazendo and the past participle is trazido. The perfect tenses use ter + trazido.

Where can I see the full conjugation of trazer?

On the trazer conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The trazer pretérito perfeito 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 trazer, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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