# was

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /wɒz/ · frequency rank #7,582

## Definitions
1. primeira pessoa do singular do passado simples do indicativo do verbo "to be"
2. terceira pessoa do singular do passado simples do indicativo do verbo "to be"

## Easily confused with
- **wo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wo)
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-why)
- **wen** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wen)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wet)
- **wee** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wee)
- **wir** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wir)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-what)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-west)
- **wash** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wash)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-wise)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/was-vs-watt)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/war-vs-was)
- **Wal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wal-vs-was)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wall-vs-was)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-was)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/walk-vs-was)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wake-vs-was)
- **wait** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-was)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/warm-vs-was)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/was