To bite in Portuguese 🇧🇷

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to bite	morder

How to say “to bite” in Portuguese? “Morder”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “morder” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to bite in Portuguese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the verb:
• Associate “morder” with the noun “mordida” (bite) so you can visualize someone receiving a “mordida” (bite) when they are bitten.
• Notice its similarity with the Spanish verb “morder” which also means “to bite,” helping you recall its meaning in Portuguese.

Explanations:
• “Morder” means “to bite” (using one’s teeth to cut into something).
• It is somewhat irregular in its conjugation, following several patterns common in -er verbs but having stem changes in some tenses.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• Although “morder” is the most direct translation, contextually you might encounter “dar uma mordidinha” (to take a bite), but there isn’t a widely used alternative for “to bite” in the same sense.

Conjugations of “morder”:

Indicative Mood
• Present:
Eu mordo
Tu mordes
Ele/Ela/Você morde
Nós mordemos
Vós mordede (less common)
Eles/Elas/Vocês mordem

• Preterite Perfect (Simple Past):
Eu mordi
Tu mordeste
Ele/Ela/Você mordeu
Nós mordemos
Vós mordestes
Eles/Elas/Vocês morderam

• Imperfect:
Eu mordia
Tu mordias
Ele/Ela/Você mordia
Nós mordíamos
Vós mordíeis
Eles/Elas/Vocês mordiam

• Future:
Eu morderei
Tu morderás
Ele/Ela/Você morderá
Nós morderemos
Vós mordereis
Eles/Elas/Vocês morderão

• Conditional:
Eu morderia
Tu morderias
Ele/Ela/Você morderia
Nós morderíamos
Vós morderíeis
Eles/Elas/Vocês morderiam

Subjunctive Mood
• Present Subjunctive:
Que eu morda
Que tu mordas
Que ele/ela/você morda
Que nós mordamos
Que vós mordais
Que eles/elas/vocês mordam

• Imperfect Subjunctive:
Se eu mordesse
Se tu mordesses
Se ele/ela/você mordesse
Se nós mordêssemos
Se vós mordêsseis
Se eles/elas/vocês mordessem

• Future Subjunctive:
Quando eu morder
Quando tu morderes
Quando ele/ela/você morder
Quando nós mordermos
Quando vós morderdes
Quando eles/elas/vocês morderem

Imperative Mood
• Affirmative:
Tu: morde
Você: morda
Nós: mordamos
Vós: mordei (rarely used)
Vocês: mordam
• Negative (using the present subjunctive):
Tu: não mordas
Você: não morda
Nós: não mordamos
Vós: não mordais
Vocês: não mordam

Examples of sentences:
• O cachorro mordeu o carteiro.
(The dog bit the mailman.)
• Tenha cuidado para não morder o seu lábio.
(Be careful not to bite your lip.)
• Se você morder a maçã, sentirá seu gosto doce.
(If you bite the apple, you will taste its sweetness.)
• Nós mordíamos a fruta fresca durante o piquenique.
(We used to bite into fresh fruit during the picnic.)

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