Study Resource: Brazilian Portuguese adverbs to use with the simple present
This page provides a list of adverbs and time expressions that you will often see used with the simple present in Brazilian Portuguese.
Expressions of “now”
The following Brazilian Portuguese words and phrases roughly mean “now.”
agora(now)
nesse/neste exato momento(right now)
nessa/nesta hora(this time)
já(now)
presentemente(now, presently)
atualmente(currently)
no momento atual(now, at the current time)
no momento presente(now, at the present moment)
nesse/neste instante(now, in this moment)
nessa/nesta ocasião(now, in this occasion)
Adverbs of frequency
The following Brazilian Portuguese words and phrases are often used to describe frequency — how often something happens.
sempre(always)
quase sempre(usually)
normalmente(often)
frequentemente(often)
ocasionalmente(occasionally)
raramente(rarely)
nunca(never)
às vezes(sometimes)
todos os dias/anos/ séculos(every day/year/century)
de quando em quando(once in a while)
de quando em quando(every now and then)
regularmente(regularly)
