esqueceu

Esqueceu is the third-person singular preterite form of the Portuguese verb esquecer, meaning "to forget." It is used to indicate that someone forgot something or failed to remember a fact, object, or obligation. In Brazilian Portuguese, esqueceu commonly appears with the pronoun você (você esqueceu), as well as with ele/ela (ele/ela esqueceu); in European Portuguese the form is used in the same way.

Conjugation and usage notes: The infinitive is esquecer. Present tense forms include eu esqueço, tu esqueces, ele/ela esquece, nós esquecemos, vós esquecedes, eles/elas esquecem. The preterite forms are eu esqueci, tu esqueceste, ele esqueceu, nós esquecemos, vós esquecestes, eles esqueceram. The first-person singular form esqueci is irregular in spelling compared with the stem form esquec-.

Usage patterns: Esqueceu de + infinitive expresses forgetting to do something: "Ela esqueceu de ligar." When the forgotten item is a noun, you can say "esqueceu o guarda-chuva." The reflexive form esquecer-se is used in some contexts to mean forgetting about something, for example "esquecer-se de alguém" or "esquecer-se de fazer algo," with variations in form depending on the variety of Portuguese.

Related terms: The noun esquecimento denotes forgetting as a concept or lapse, and esquecido means forgotten or person who is forgotten. The verb esquecer exists in many contexts beyond the preterite form esqueceu, including other tenses and moods.