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eu escrevesse

were to write, wrote (subjunctive)

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escrev write + esse 1st/3rd person imperfect subjunctive
verb · first singular · imperfect subjunctive Rare #28,550
were to write, wrote (subjunctive) Imperfect subjunctive; commonly used in hypothetical situations, often with “se” (“if”).
PO: Se eu escrevesse todos os dias, eu escreveria melhor.
EN: If I were to write every day, I would write better.
Conjugation of escrever
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First escrevesse —
Third escrevesse —

E se você escrevesse?

What if you wrote?

— Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal (2001)

Queríamos que seu filho nos escrevesse uma carta.

We wanted your son to write us a letter.

— Dor e Glória (2019)

Fiz que ele escrevesse a carta para mim.

I made him write the letter for me.

Seria aprovado se escrevesse assim.

It would be approved if it were written like that.

— Como Estrelas na Terra (2007)

Não podia sequer imaginar que escrevesse tão bem.

I couldn't even imagine that he wrote so well.

— Служебный роман (1977)

Ele me pediu que lhe escrevesse uma carta de amor em árabe.

He asked me to write him a love letter in Arabic.

Ela sugeriu que eu lhe escrevesse de uma vez.

She suggested that I write to her right away.

Gostaria que escrevesse isto de você.

I would like you to write this about yourself.

— A Doce Vida (1960)

Eu nem sabia que tinha um pai, até que me escrevesse.

I didn't even know I had a father until he wrote to me.

— Elena (2011)