Pretérito Perfeito Simples (PPS) - past tense

The PPS is the past tense verb form that is used most frequently in Portuguese.
You can translate these tenses into English using the perfect.

So you have to rethink this a bit:
In English, the perfect tense is a compound tense (e.g. I have waited), in Portuguese it's a simple tense (e.g. esperei).

PPS of “ser” and “ir”

PPS of “ser” and “ir” (please note that the forms are identical):
fui / foste / foi /fomos / foram

PPS of “estar”

PPS from “estar”:
estive / estiveste /esteve / estivemos / estiveram

➠ Pretérito Imperfeito - Imperfect