Portuguese verbs — C

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• caçar to hunt
• cair to fall
• calcular to calculate
• caminhar to walk
• cancelar to call off
• candidatar to enrol someone or something as a candidate
• candidatar-se stand
• cansar to tire, weary
• cantar to sing
• captar to capture
• capturar to capture, catch
• carregar to carry
• casar to marry
• casar-se marry
• castigar to punish, to castigate
• catalogar to catalogue (to put into a catalogue)
• causar to cause
• cavar to dig, excavate
• cegar to blind, to cause blindness
• celebrar to celebrate
• censurar to censure
• centrar to centre
• chamar to call
• chatear to annoy, pester
• chegar to arrive
• cheirar to smell
• chocar to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
• chorar to cry
• chover to rain
• chupar blow
• chuviscar drizzle
• cicatrizar to scar
• circunscrever circumscribe
• circunvoar to fly around, to circle in flight
• citar to summon
• classificar to classify; to sort; to rank; to grade (to divide into classes)
• classificar-se place
• cobrar to charge
• cobrir to cover
• coçar to scratch (to rub a surface with a sharp object)
• codificar to codify
• coexistir to coexist (to exist contemporaneously)
• coincidir to coincide
• colaborar to collaborate
• colher to harvest, to pick, to gather
• colidir to collide, clash
• colocar to place
• colorir to color, colour
• comandar to command
• combater to fight
• combinar to combine
• começar to start
• comemorar to celebrate, commemorate
• comentar to comment
• comer to eat
• comercializar to commercialize
• cometer to commit, practice
• comover affect
• comparar to compare
• compartilhar to share
• compartir to share (divide into compartments)
• compassar to pace, to regulate; to measure with compasses
• compensar to pay, pay off, be worthwhile
• competir to compete
• compilar to compile (to assemble from a collection)
• completar to complete
• complicar to become complicated
• compor to compose
• comportar to behave
• compostar compost
• comprar to buy
• compreender to understand
• comprimir to compress
• comprometer to commit, to engage
• comprovar to prove, confirm
• computar compute
• comunicar to communicate
• concentrar to concentrate
• concertar to agree
• concluir to complete, conclude
• concordar to agree
• concorrer to run
• condenar to condemn
• condizer to agree, to conform
• condoer to move to pity (condoer-se de: to feel sorry for)
• conduzir to wage
• conectar to connect (join two or more pieces)
• conferir to confer, bestow
• confessar to confess
• confiar to confide, entrust
• configurar to configure (to set up or arrange something)
• confirmar to confirm, corroborate
• confortar to comfort
• confraternizar to socialize
• congelar to freeze
• conhecer to know (people, places)
• conjugar conjugate
• conjuntar to join, to combine
• conjurar conjure
• conquistar to conquer
• conseguir to get, obtain
• consentir to agree to
• conservar to preserve
• considerar to consider
• consistir consist
• consoar to have Christmas Eve supper (Portugal); to harmonize
• consolar to console, comfort
• consolar-se to console oneself, to take comfort
• conspirar to conspire; to plot (to make secret plans)
• construir to build
• consultar to consult
• consumir to consume
• contar to tell
• contemplar to behold (to look at with awe)
• contender contest
• contentar to content; to satisfy (to make content)
• conter to contain, hold
• continuar to continue
• contornar to circumvent's path
• contra-atacar to counter-attack
• contradizer to contradict (deny the truth of a statement or statements)
• contrafazer counterfeit
• contrair to contract (to draw together; to become shorter or narrower)
• contramandar to countermand, to revoke (an order)
• contraprovar to verify by counterproof, to double-check (rare)
• contratar to contract, hire
• contravir to contravene, to infringe
• contribuir to contribute
• controlar to control
• convencer to convince
• conversar to talk
• converter to convert (all senses); to change
• convidar to invite
• convir suit
• conviver to cohabitate
• cooperar to cooperate
• copiar to copy
• coproduzir to co-produce
• coreografar choreograph
• correr to run
• corresponder to correspond, match
• corrigir to correct
• corroer to corrode, erode
• corromper to corrupt (to change from good to bad)
• cortar to cut
• coser to sew
• costumar to be in the habit of, to usually do
• cotizar to apportion (cotizar-se: to club together, to chip in)
• cozinhar to cook , to bake
• creditar credit
• crer to believe
• crescer to grow
• criar to create, to put into existence
• criptografar code
• criticar to criticize (evaluate)
• cuidar to take care
• culpar to blame
• cultivar to cultivate; to nurture
• cumprimentar to greet, salute
• cumprir to carry out
• curar to cure
• cuspir to spit
• custar to cost