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Meaning of 'Intend' in English | Portuguese to English

Last Updated: June 19, 2026

Level: C2 Mastery

Meaning of 'Intend' in English | Portuguese to English

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Dictionary Entry: Essential usages of 'Intend'.
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What do you intend to do?	O que você vai fazer?
I intend seeing the queen.	Pretendo ver a rainha.
Tom didn't intend to pay that much.	Tom não pretendia pagar tanto.
How do you intend to fix this?	Como você pretende arrumar isto?
In what hotel do you intend to stay?	Em que hotel você pretende ficar?
How do you intend to fix this?	Como você pretende consertar isto?
How do you intend to fix this?	Como vocês pretendem arrumar isto?
She didn't intend to let him drive.	Ela não pretendia deixá-lo dirigir.
How do you intend to fix this?	Como vocês pretendem consertar isto?
I don't intend to be selfish.	Eu não tenho a intenção de ser egoísta.

🗣️ Phonetic Approximation

O que você vai fazer? /ɔ qʊɛ vɔkê vɑɪ fɑzɛr?/

Pretendo ver a rainha. /prɛtɛndɔ vɛr ɑ rɑɪnhɑ./

Tom não pretendia pagar tanto. /tɔm nãɔ prɛtɛndɪɑ pɑgɑr tɑntɔ./

🧾 Guest Receipt
            1x O que você vai  $4.50
        
            2x Pretendo ver a  $9.00
        
            TOTAL: $13.50

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Passenger Context Note

"O que você vai fazer?"

                GATE: CLOSED CLASS: ECONOMY
            

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| English | Target |
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| What do you intend to do? | O que você vai fazer? |

🎭 Idiom Match

How natives express this feeling indirectly.

"O que você vai fazer?"

📚 Core Dictionary Examples

O que você vai fazer?

What do you intend to do?

🔬 Morphology Breakdown

Prefix/Suffix analysis indicates a standard derivation path for O que você vai fazer?.

Pretendo ver a rainha.

I intend seeing the queen.

Tom não pretendia pagar tanto.

Tom didn't intend to pay that much.

🗣️ Shadowing Drill: Listen to Eu não tenho a intenção de ser egoísta., wait 1 second, then repeat. Record yourself to compare the intonation.

Como você pretende arrumar isto?

How do you intend to fix this?

Em que hotel você pretende ficar?

In what hotel do you intend to stay?

⚠️ Native Nuance: While "How long do you intend to stay in Germany?" directly translates to Por quanto tempo você pretende ficar na Alemanha?, locals often blend the syllables together at conversational speed.

Como você pretende consertar isto?

How do you intend to fix this?