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Portuguese Past Perfect: Pretérito Mais-que-Perfeito
The Portuguese equivalent of the English Past Perfect is called Pretérito Mais-que-Perfeito, and it’s used to express an action that happened in the past before another past…

The Portuguese equivalent of the English Past Perfect is called Pretérito Mais-que-Perfeito, and it’s used to express an action that happened in the past before another past…

Portuguese has a tense for actions that occurred prior to other past events: the Pretérito Mais-que-Perfeito. While it comes in two forms, only one is widely used in everyday conversation.

Portuguese uses the Pretérito Perfeito Composto to convey that something has occurred repeatedly or just recently—often with an ongoing feel.