Wish in Portuguese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo want an actual situation or event to be different, including wanting a completed past event to have happened differently; used to express an unreal alternative, rather than a hope for a possible future.

Definition in PortugueseÉ querer que uma situação ou algo que aconteceu tivesse sido diferente, inclusive no passado.

Example sentences

• Quem me dera ter me candidatado àquela vaga!🔊

  I wish I'd applied for that job.

• Agora, quem me dera ter falado com o senhor antes!🔊

  Now I wish I had spoken to you first.

Learn it in a lesson

• Past hypotheticals and regrets in Brazilian Portuguese

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