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eu entendesse

understood, could understand

→ entender
entend to understand + esse Imperfect subjunctive, first- or third-person singular
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #29,816
understood, could understand Used in the imperfect subjunctive, often after phrases such as “para que” (“so that”).
PO: Ela repetiu a pergunta para que eu entendesse.
EN: She repeated the question so that I could understand.
Conjugation of entender
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First entendesse —
Third entendesse —

Se eu entendesse, eu te diria.

If I understood, I would tell you.

Tom explicou isso em Francês, para que eu entendesse.

Tom explained it in French so that I could understand.

Entendesse?

Did you understand?

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

A senhora White falou devagar o bastante para que eu a entendesse.

Mrs. White spoke slowly enough for me to understand her.

Tô te falando que eu quero sair daqui, entendesse?

I'm telling you that I want to leave here, you understand?

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Achei isso muito difícil para que eu entendesse.

I found this very difficult to understand.

Mas, se eu entendesse qual foi o crime, poderia dizer às pessoas o que procurar.

But if I understood what the crime was, I could tell people what to look for.

Não pude fazer com que ele entendesse.

I couldn't get him to understand.

Falei com ele em inglês, mas não consegui fazer que ele me entendesse.

I spoke to him in English, but I couldn't make him understand me.