used to wake up, was waking up
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First | acordava | — |
| Third | acordava | — |
Você não acordava de jeito nenhum, então comecei a achar que era tudo um sonho.
You just wouldn’t wake up, so I started to think it was all a dream.
— Suzume (2022)
Ele se acordava tarde com tanta frequência, que acabou sendo despedido.
He woke up late so often that he ended up getting fired.
Todas as manhãs, o galo do vizinho nos acordava.
Every morning, the neighbor's rooster would wake us up.