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Quick answer
Considerar is broad reflection or judgment. Levar em conta ensures a factor enters the reasoning.
A reliable test is to identify the job of the word before translating from English.
What each word does
considerar
to consider or regard
Use considerar for thinking carefully about something or judging it to have a quality.
levar em conta
to take into account
Use levar em conta for including a relevant fact or condition in a decision or calculation.
How to choose
- considerar: Choose considerar if the sentence points to thinking carefully about something or judging it to have a quality.
- levar em conta: Choose levar em conta if the sentence points to including a relevant fact or condition in a decision or calculation.
Examples
O conselho considerou duas propostas.
The board considered two proposals.
Precisamos levar o prazo em conta.
We need to take the deadline into account.
Common trap
Considerar alguém competente means regard the person as competent. Levar alguém em conta means include that person’s needs or role.
Practice it in context
Pick one sentence from your real life and write it twice: once with considerar, then once with levar em conta. If both versions feel possible, name the meaning shift.
Turn this distinction into automatic recall
Falando teaches Brazilian Portuguese through grammar, vocabulary, audio, examples, and spaced review, so confusing pairs stop feeling like guesses.