trouxe

Trouxe is a Portuguese verb form meaning “brought,” serving as the third-person singular preterite (pretérito perfeito simples) of the verb trazer (to bring). It marks a completed action in the past performed by ele, ela, or você. The form is irregular in the preterite because the stem shifts to troux- in most conjugations: eu trouxe; tu trouxeste; você trouxe; ele/ela trouxe; nós trouxemos; vós trouxestes; eles/elas trouxeram.

Usage the form appears in narrative and descriptive past contexts to indicate that someone brought something. In Brazilian Portuguese, you typically encounter the construction “você trouxe” for the second-person subject, while in many varieties of European Portuguese, “tu trouxeste” is common for the informal second person. Both forms are correct and widely understood, depending on regional preferences and formality.

Derivation and related forms: trazer belongs to a group of irregular verbs with a preterite stem that changes to troux- in the singular and plural forms. Other tenses and moods use related stems (trago, traz, trará, etc.), but the preterite 3rd-person forms center on troux- plus the appropriate endings.

Examples: Ela trouxe o relatório ontem. (She brought the report yesterday.) Você trouxe as notas? (Did you bring the notes?) O menino trouxe novidades da escola. (The boy brought news from school.)