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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

abaixar

to turn down

  • #429 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: abaixando
  • Past participle: abaixado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you turn down
  3. nós we turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all turn down

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I turned down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you turned down
  3. nós we turned down
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all turned down

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to turn down
  3. nós we are going to turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to turn down

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to turn down
  3. nós we used to turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to turn down

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would turn down
  3. nós we would turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would turn down

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you turn down
  3. nós (that) we turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all turn down

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I turned down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you turned down
  3. nós (if) we turned down
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all turned down

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I turn down
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you turn down
  3. nós (when) we turn down
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all turn down

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você turn down!
  2. vocês turn down! (all of you)

How to use abaixar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu abaixo o som quando o vizinho reclama.

    I turn the sound down when the neighbor complains.

  2. Past

    Abaixei o ar-condicionado porque estava muito frio.

    I turned the air conditioning down because it was too cold.

  3. Future

    Vou abaixar a televisão, o bebê está dormindo.

    I'm going to turn the TV down, the baby's sleeping.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe abaixava o rádio quando o telefone tocava.

    My mother used to turn the radio down when the phone rang.

  5. Conditional

    Eu abaixaria o preço se você levasse dois.

    I'd lower the price if you took two.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Peça que ele abaixe a música um pouco.

    Ask him to turn the music down a bit.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você abaixasse a voz, ninguém escutaria.

    If you lowered your voice, nobody would hear.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se abaixar a cabeça, você não bate na porta.

    If you duck your head, you won't hit the door.

  9. Imperative

    Abaixe o volume, por favor, estou no telefone.

    Turn the volume down, please, I'm on the phone.

Good to know

  • "Abaixar" is to turn down the volume or to lower something; "se abaixar" is to bend down.

Where you hear abaixar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu sempre abaixo o rádio na hora do almoço. I always turn the radio down at lunchtime.
  • Eu abaixei o som. I turned the sound down.
  • Eu vou abaixar a música. I'm going to turn the music down.
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Intermediate Level 2 · abaixar

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