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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

abanar

to wag

  • #477 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: abanando
  • Past participle: abanado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você wag!
  2. vocês wag! (all of you)

How to use abanar

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

  1. Present

    Meu cachorro abana o rabo quando me vê.

    My dog wags his tail when he sees me.

  2. Past

    Ela abanou a cabeça e disse que não.

    She shook her head and said no.

  3. Future

    Ele vai abanar o rabo para qualquer visita.

    He's going to wag his tail at any visitor.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó se abanava com o leque na missa.

    My grandmother fanned herself with her fan at mass.

  5. Conditional

    Eu me abanaria com o jornal nesse calor.

    I'd fan myself with the newspaper in this heat.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espere que o cachorro abane o rabo antes de chegar perto.

    Wait for the dog to wag his tail before getting close.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o cachorro abanasse o rabo, seria sinal de alegria.

    If the dog wagged his tail, it would be a sign of joy.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando ela abanar a mão, pode entrar.

    When she waves her hand, you can come in.

  9. Imperative

    Abane as moscas da comida, por favor.

    Shoo the flies off the food, please.

Good to know

  • "Abanar o rabo" is to wag the tail; "abanar a cabeça" is to shake your head; "se abanar" is to fan yourself.

Where you hear abanar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Quando ele está feliz, ele abana o rabo. When he's happy, he wags his tail.
  • Ele abanou o rabo a viagem inteira. He wagged his tail the whole way.
  • Amanhã de manhã, ele vai abanar o rabo para a gente. Tomorrow morning, he's going to wag his tail at us.
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It's the Dog That Chooses You

Intermediate Level 3 · abanar

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