lembrávamos

Lembrávamos is the first-person plural form of the Portuguese verb lembrar in the pretérito imperfeito do indicativo, meaning "we remembered" or "we used to remember." The verb lembrar itself has two primary meanings: to remember (recall) and to remind (cause someone to remember). In use, lembrávamos can describe past habits, ongoing states in the past, or a sequence of remembered events within a narrative.

Morphology and usage notes: lembrar is a regular -ar verb. The imperfect indicative ending for -ar verbs is -ávamos, giving lembrávamos as the standard form. The accent on the á marks the stressed syllable. Lembrar can take different constructions depending on meaning: for memory, you say lembrávamos de algo (we remembered something) or lembrávamos de conversar sobre aquilo, while for reminding someone you might use lembrar alguém de algo (to remind someone of something). It can appear intransitively as me lembro (I remember) or reflectively as me lembrava, with subtle nuance indicating habitual memory from the past.

Examples:

- Quando éramos crianças, lembrávamos dos velhos tempos. (When we were children, we remembered the old times.)

- Nós lembrávamos de tudo o tempo inteiro. (We remembered everything all the time.)

- Eles lembravam que o jantar seria às oito. (They remembered that dinner would be at eight.)

Etymology and related forms: lembrar traces to Latin roots related to memory, sharing lexical kinship with other Romance languages’ terms for recall. Related forms include lembra, lembramos, lembravam, lembraria, and the related verb lembrar-se (to remember for oneself) or to remind oneself. See também: recordar, rememorar, relembrar.