Trazer Conjugation in Portuguese
trazer means “to bring” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Portuguese learners meet — it sits at number 522 in VerbFlow’s frequency list for Portuguese verbs. 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. This page gives you the complete conjugation of trazer — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.” — “I bring a book.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: trazer
- English: to bring
- Verb type: Irregular -er verb
- 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
- Gerund: trazendo
- Present participle: —
- Past participle: trazido
- Auxiliary: ter (all perfect tenses are formed with ter + the past participle)
- Ending: -er verbs; pattern er in the verified tables
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. Learn the spelling of the forms first, and listen to a native speaker for the sounds rather than trusting an invented transcription. The forms below are the ones that matter: once you can read trazer in every tense, you can recognise it in speech even before you can pronounce every form perfectly.
Three things to remember about trazer
- It is irregular in 10 tense(s): 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 instead of guessing them from the infinitive, because the stem changes in ways no rule predicts.
- The perfect tenses use ter: the pretérito perfeito composto is formed with ter in the present plus the past participle trazido. The tables on this page give the participle in the masculine singular form, exactly as it appears in the verified dump; agreement with the subject is a separate step that depends on the sentence, not on the verb table.
- The gerund is trazendo and the past participle is trazido: keep both in mind as you read the tables, because the gerund appears in progressive constructions and the past participle appears in every perfect tense. There is no present participle form listed for this verb in the verified tables. If you know those two forms and the present tense, you already know the skeleton of the whole conjugation.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for trazer. Learn the present tense first, then the pretérito perfeito and the pretérito imperfeito, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative (presente)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trago |
| tu | trazes |
| ele/ela | traz |
| nós | trazemos |
| vós | trazeis |
| eles/elas | trazem |
The present indicative (presente) is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.” — “I bring a book”
Pretérito perfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trouxe |
| tu | trouxeste |
| ele/ela | trouxe |
| nós | trouxemos |
| vós | trouxestes |
| eles/elas | trouxeram |
The pretérito perfeito is used for completed actions in the past, especially one finished event. For example: “Eu trouxe um livro ontem.” — “I brought a book”
Pretérito imperfeito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trazia |
| tu | trazias |
| ele/ela | trazia |
| nós | trazíamos |
| vós | trazíeis |
| eles/elas | traziam |
The pretérito imperfeito is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and for background description. For example: “Eu trazia um livro antigamente.” — “I used to bring a book”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trouxera |
| tu | trouxeras |
| ele/ela | trouxera |
| nós | trouxéramos |
| vós | trouxéreis |
| eles/elas | trouxeram |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples is used for an action completed before another past action; in everyday speech the compound form with tinha is more common. For example: “Eu trouxera um livro antes do jantar.” — “I had brought a book”
Futuro do presente
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trarei |
| tu | trarás |
| ele/ela | trará |
| nós | traremos |
| vós | trareis |
| eles/elas | trarão |
The futuro do presente is used for what will happen, for predictions and for promises. For example: “Eu trarei um livro amanhã.” — “I will bring a book”
Futuro do pretérito
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | traria |
| tu | trarias |
| ele/ela | traria |
| nós | traríamos |
| vós | traríeis |
| eles/elas | trariam |
The futuro do pretérito is used for what would happen, for polite requests and for hypothetical situations. For example: “Eu traria um livro um dia.” — “I would bring a book”
Pretérito perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenho trazido |
| tu | tens trazido |
| ele/ela | tem trazido |
| nós | temos trazido |
| vós | tendes trazido |
| eles/elas | têm trazido |
The pretérito perfeito composto is used for actions that started in the past and continue, or have been repeated, up to the present. For example: “Ele tem trazido um livro esta semana.” — “He has brought a book”
Pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tinha trazido |
| tu | tinhas trazido |
| ele/ela | tinha trazido |
| nós | tínhamos trazido |
| vós | tínheis trazido |
| eles/elas | tinham trazido |
The pretérito mais-que-perfeito composto is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Eu tinha trazido um livro antes do jantar.” — “I had brought a book”
Futuro do presente composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | terei trazido |
| tu | terás trazido |
| ele/ela | terá trazido |
| nós | teremos trazido |
| vós | tereis trazido |
| eles/elas | terão trazido |
The futuro do presente composto is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Eu terei trazido um livro até amanhã.” — “I will have brought a book”
Futuro do pretérito composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | teria trazido |
| tu | terias trazido |
| ele/ela | teria trazido |
| nós | teríamos trazido |
| vós | teríeis trazido |
| eles/elas | teriam trazido |
The futuro do pretérito composto is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Eu teria trazido um livro ontem.” — “I would have brought a book”
Presente do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | traga |
| tu | tragas |
| ele/ela | traga |
| nós | tragamos |
| vós | tragais |
| eles/elas | tragam |
The presente do subjuntivo is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “É importante que eu traga um livro.” — “It is important that I bring a book”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trouxesse |
| tu | trouxesses |
| ele/ela | trouxesse |
| nós | trouxéssemos |
| vós | trouxésseis |
| eles/elas | trouxessem |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo is used in the past for wishes and hypotheticals after que, and in se-clauses. For example: “Era importante que eu trouxesse um livro.” — “It was important that I bring a book”
Futuro do subjuntivo
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | trouxer |
| tu | trouxeres |
| ele/ela | trouxer |
| nós | trouxermos |
| vós | trouxerdes |
| eles/elas | trouxerem |
The futuro do subjuntivo is used after se and quando for a future possibility, where English would use the present. For example: “Se eu trouxer um livro, é bom.” — “If I bring a book, that is good”
Imperativo (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | traz |
| ele/ela | traga |
| nós | tragamos |
| vós | trazei |
| eles/elas | tragam |
The affirmative imperative is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Traz um livro!” — “Bring a book!”
Imperativo (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | não tragas |
| ele/ela | não traga |
| nós | não tragamos |
| vós | não tragais |
| eles/elas | não tragam |
The negative imperative is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Não tragas um livro.” — “Do not bring a book.”
Presente do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tenha trazido |
| tu | tenhas trazido |
| ele/ela | tenha trazido |
| nós | tenhamos trazido |
| vós | tenhais trazido |
| eles/elas | tenham trazido |
The presente do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a subordinate clause expressing doubt, wish or emotion. For example: “É importante que eu tenha trazido um livro.” — “It is important that I have brought a book”
Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tivesse trazido |
| tu | tivesses trazido |
| ele/ela | tivesse trazido |
| nós | tivéssemos trazido |
| vós | tivésseis trazido |
| eles/elas | tivessem trazido |
The pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo composto is used for a completed action in a past subordinate clause. For example: “Era importante que eu tivesse trazido um livro.” — “It was important that I had brought a book”
Futuro do subjuntivo composto
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| eu | tiver trazido |
| tu | tiveres trazido |
| ele/ela | tiver trazido |
| nós | tivermos trazido |
| vós | tiverdes trazido |
| eles/elas | tiverem trazido |
The futuro do subjuntivo composto is used after se for a completed future possibility. For example: “Se eu tiver trazido um livro, é bom.” — “If I have brought a book, that is good”
Gerund
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Gerund | trazendo |
The gerund is used for an action happening at the same time as another action, often with estar for the progressive. For example: “Trazendo um livro, aprendo muito.” — “While bringing a book, I learn a lot.”
Past participle
| Form | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Past participle | trazido |
The past participle is used with an auxiliary to form the perfect tenses, and as an adjective. For example: “Eu tenho trazido um livro esta semana.” — “I have brought a book.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with trazer, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Portuguese and try to produce it from the English.
- “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.” — “I bring a book”
- “Tu trouxeste um livro ontem.” — “You brought a book”
- “Ele trazia um livro antigamente.” — “He used to bring a book”
- “Eu trarei um livro amanhã.” — “I will bring a book”
- “Tu trarias um livro um dia.” — “You would bring a book”
- “Ele tem trazido um livro esta semana.” — “He has brought a book”
- “Eu tinha trazido um livro antes do jantar.” — “I had brought a book”
- “Tu terás trazido um livro até amanhã.” — “You will have brought a book”
- “É importante que eu traga um livro.” — “It is important that I bring a book”
- “Traz um livro!” — “Bring a book!”
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’s form
✗ Wrong: “Eu trazes um livro.”
✓ Right: “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.”
trazes is the tu form, not the eu form. Match the verb to the subject every time: eu goes with trago.
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 the present is wrong here. Use the pretérito perfeito trouxe for a finished action yesterday.
4. Using the wrong auxiliary in the pretérito perfeito composto
✗ Wrong: “Eu sou trazido um livro.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho trazido um livro esta semana.”
The pretérito perfeito composto of trazer is formed with ter plus the past participle trazido: the eu form is tenho trazido. Check the auxiliary in the table above before you build a perfect tense.
5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “É importante que eu trago um livro.”
✓ Right: “É importante que eu traga um livro.”
After é importante que Portuguese needs the subjunctive, so use traga here, not the indicative trago.
6. Using the gerund instead of the past participle in a perfect tense
✗ Wrong: “Eu tenho trazendo um livro.”
✓ Right: “Eu tenho trazido um livro esta semana.”
The perfect tenses need the past participle trazido, not the gerund trazendo. The gerund belongs in progressive constructions, never after an auxiliary in a perfect tense.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on trazer. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the eu form of trazer in the Present indicative (presente)?
- A) trazes
- B) trago
- C) traz
- D) trazemos
What is the ele/ela form of trazer in the Pretérito perfeito?
- A) trouxeste
- B) trouxemos
- C) trouxe
- D) trouxestes
What is the nós form of trazer in the Pretérito imperfeito?
- A) trazia
- B) trazias
- C) trazíeis
- D) trazíamos
What is the tu form of trazer in the Futuro do presente?
- A) trarás
- B) trarei
- C) trará
- D) traremos
What is the eu form of trazer in the Futuro do pretérito?
- A) trarias
- B) traria
- C) traríamos
- D) traríeis
What is the ele/ela form of trazer in the Pretérito perfeito composto?
- A) tenho trazido
- B) tens trazido
- C) tem trazido
- D) temos trazido
What is the ele/ela form of trazer in the Presente do subjuntivo?
- A) tragas
- B) tragamos
- C) tragais
- D) traga
What is the eu form of trazer in the Pretérito imperfeito do subjuntivo?
- A) trouxesse
- B) trouxesses
- C) trouxéssemos
- D) trouxésseis
What is the gerund of trazer?
- A) trazido
- B) trazendo
- C) trazer
- D) trago
What does trazer mean in English?
- A) to ask for
- B) to receive
- C) to bring
- D) to pay
Answer key
- B) trago — the correct form is trago. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) trouxe — the correct form is trouxe. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) trazíamos — the correct form is trazíamos. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) trarás — the correct form is trarás. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) traria — the correct form is traria. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) tem trazido — the correct form is tem trazido. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) traga — the correct form is traga. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) trouxesse — the correct form is trouxesse. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) trazendo — the correct form is trazendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- 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”. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is trazer regular or irregular?
trazer is irregular: it 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. The gerund is trazendo and the past participle is trazido.
What are the gerund and past participle of trazer?
The gerund is trazendo — use it with estar for the progressive. The past participle is trazido — use it with ter for the perfect tenses, as in tenho trazido.
Which auxiliary does trazer take in the pretérito perfeito composto?
trazer takes ter in the pretérito perfeito composto: the eu form is tenho trazido. All seven compound tenses on this page are built with ter plus the past participle trazido.
How do I say “I bring” in Portuguese?
Say “Eu trago um livro todos os dias.” — “I bring a book” The eu form of the present is trago, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of trazer — every tense of trazer in one place.
- Trazer in the pretérito perfeito tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Trazer examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Portuguese pretérito perfeito tense guide — the full guide to the pretérito perfeito tense in Portuguese.
- Portuguese irregular verbs — every common irregular Portuguese verb, grouped by pattern.
- Receber conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Vender conjugation — another everyday Portuguese verb.
- Portuguese verbs — the full hub of Portuguese conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Verb Conjugator — practise trazer with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Chart Printer — practise trazer with the interactive tool.
- Tense Finder — practise trazer with the interactive tool.