Virei o ás.

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Breakdown of Virei o ás.

• o ás: an ace in a deck of cards
• virar: to turn over

Questions & Answers about Virei o ás.

Is virei from vir or from virar?

It comes from virar, not vir.

That is a very common point of confusion because the forms look similar. In this sentence:

• virar = the verb
• virei = I turned / I became, depending on context

If it were from vir (to come), the 1st person singular in the simple past would be vim, not virei.

So:

• vim = I came
• virei = I turned / I became

What tense and person is virei?

Virei is 1st person singular of the pretérito perfeito simples.

In practical terms, that means:

• I turned
• I became
• sometimes I flipped

depending on the context.

The ending -ei is typical for many -ar verbs in this tense:

• falei = I spoke
• olhei = I looked
• virei = I turned

Why is there no eu in the sentence?