Pretérito Perfeito

The Pretérito Perfeito is the tense you use to describe actions that are fully completed in the past — things that happened once, had a clear beginning and end, and are now officially archived in your personal history. This Crash Course shows you how Brazilians talk about yesterday’s events, daily routines that already finished, and all those funny or chaotic moments that make great stories.

You’ll learn the structure of regular and irregular verbs, see simple examples, and understand how to use this tense naturally in real situations. Quick lines, friendly explanations, and everyday contexts will help you recognize when an action is truly complete — and how to express it clearly in Portuguese.

If it happened and it’s over, this is the tense you need.