It hurts in Portuguese 🇧🇷

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it hurts	machuca

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

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Tips for remembering the verb:
• Associate “machucar” with getting hurt physically or emotionally. Think of a moment when you felt pain—“machucar” expresses that sensation. Notice the “machu-” sound evokes the idea of something going wrong or causing harm.
• Remember that it belongs to the regular -ar group, so its pattern is similar to many other common Portuguese verbs.

Explanation:
“Machucar” means “to hurt” or “to injure.” It can describe physical pain (e.g., injuring a body part) or emotional hurt (e.g., hurting someone’s feelings).

Other words with a similar meaning:
• Ferir – to injure or wound
• Lesionar – to injure or cause damage (often used regarding body parts or sports injuries)

Conjugations of “machucar”:

Infinitive: machucar

Present:
• Eu machuco (hurt)
• Tu machucas
• Ele/Ela/Você machuca
• Nós machucamos
• Vós machucais
• Eles/Elas/Vocês machucam

Preterite (Simple Past):
• Eu machuquei
• Tu machucaste
• Ele/Ela/Você machucou
• Nós machucamos
• Vós machucastes
• Eles/Elas/Vocês machucaram

Imperfect Past:
• Eu machucava
• Tu machucavas
• Ele/Ela/Você machucava
• Nós machucávamos
• Vós machucáveis
• Eles/Elas/Vocês machucavam

Future:
• Eu machucarei
• Tu machucarás
• Ele/Ela/Você machucará
• Nós machucaremos
• Vós machucareis
• Eles/Elas/Vocês machucarão

Examples of sentences:
1. "Se você cair, vai machucar o braço."
Translation: "If you fall, you will hurt your arm."

2. "Ela machuca os sentimentos dele com palavras duras."
Translation: "She hurts his feelings with harsh words."

3. "Eu me machuquei jogando futebol ontem."
Translation: "I hurt myself playing soccer yesterday."

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