English-Portuguese translations for past tense

  • passadoO tempo decorreu entretanto, e é necessário colocar o verbo no passado. Time has moved on, so it needs to be put in the past tense. No ponto I., os vocábulos must endorse deverão ser substituídos por did endorse (no passado). In item i) the words must endorse are changed to did endorse (past tense).
  • pretéritoSe eu tivesse de realçar um aspecto do relatório do senhor deputado Dimitrakopoulous, realçaria o facto de ele olhar para o futuro, pois o futuro não pode ser construído apenas falando no pretérito.If I had to emphasise one aspect of Mr Dimitrakopoulos’s report, it would be that it looks to the future, because the future cannot be built solely by talking in the past tense.

Definition of past tense

Examples

  • Example: "I saw the #5 bus across the street. I didn’t make it."
  • Example: "If I spoke Japanese I would be happy to visit Japan."

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