Portuguese Word of the Day
conseguir
/con-se-GUIR/ • verb — 21st of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to be able to do something; to manage; to obtain or get
Examples
- Consegui terminar o relatório ontem.
(I managed to finish the report yesterday.) - Você consegue obter os documentos antes da reunião?
(Can you get the documents before the meeting?) - Ela conseguiu um emprego na nova empresa.
(She got a job at the new company.)
Synonyms
- alcançar
- obter
Conseguir is commonly used to express managing to do something (often followed by an infinitive: conseguir + infinitive) or to indicate obtaining something. It can mean both 'to succeed in' and 'to get'. Note the irregular first-person present form: eu consigo. Other forms include ele conseguiu (past) and nós conseguimos (present/past depending on context).
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