And so here it is, naked for all to see: the verb Pôr *note the hat above the ‘ô’

Folks this is rare. There are only a handful of verbs ending in OR. By far, the most common is pôr; others include: compor, repor, expor, supor, etc (there really aren’t many more!)

Pôr = to put, put on

Why use pôr when you could just as well use the synonyms colocar or, botar?  

Well, for one thing, Brazilians use pôr all_the_time. You can’t just ignore it. Worse yet, it has a really odd sound to it as it’s of course irregular as can be. Let’s have a look at it in action!

Este bolo é para PÔR sobre a mesa. / This cake is to put on the table.

And here is the same thing with colocar:

Este bolo é para COLOCAR sobre a mesa.

Let’s see some really, really common uses of pôr:

O pôr do sol é lindo.

Você põe açúcar?    >> Do you take sugar?

Ponha as suas na cabeça! >> Put your hands on the head.

Ponha-se no meu lugar. >>  Put yourself in my position.

Using to say and here pôr really is fun and will surely impress your friends so, learn it/use it!

O verão é  conhecido por ser a melhor estação do ano para a grande parte das pessoas. Mas a pior parte do verão são as chuvas que destroem casas e inundam regiões.

• Look at how we do superlatives in Portuguese. In these 2 frases we are using best/worst.  Notice how the gender preposition, the “a” in this one above works: it’s feminine because the nouns estação & parte are feminine.

O calor é bom e é ainda melhor quando estamos indo para a praia mas pode ser ruim pelas chuvas e ainda pior quando temos que ficar de ternos e gravata.