Word
Eu disse tchau.
Meaning
I said bye.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Eu disse tchau.
What verb is disse from?
Disse is the first-person singular preterite form of dizer, which means to say.
So:
- dizer = to say
- eu disse = I said
This is an irregular verb, so you cannot guess disse just by taking the infinitive and adding a regular ending.
What tense is disse?
Disse is in the pretérito perfeito (the simple past / preterite).
It refers to a completed action in the past:
- Eu disse tchau. = I said bye.
It does not mean I was saying bye. For that kind of ongoing past idea, Portuguese would use a different structure.
Why is eu included? Can I just say Disse tchau?