| Present Simple - Presente (Present) "break" | I | break | |
| Presente Contínuo (Present Continuous) (Present Continuous) "break" | I | am breaking | |
| Tempo passado (Simple past) "break" | I | broke; brake | |
| Passado Contínuo (Past Continuous) "break" | I | was breaking | |
| Present Perfect (Present perfect) "break" | I | have broken | |
| Perfeito Presente Contínuo (Present Perfect Continuous) "break" | I | have been breaking | |
| Past Perfect (Present perfect) "break" | I | had broken | |
| Perfeito presente contínuo (Past perfect continuous) "break" | I | had been breaking | |
| O futuro (Future) "break" | I | will break | |
| Futuro do Pretérito (Future Continuous) "break" | I | will be breaking | |
| Futuro (Future perfect) "break" | I | will have broken | |
| Perfeito Futuro do Pretérito (Future perfect continuous) "break" | I | will have been breaking |