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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

abandonar

to abandon

  • #314 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: abandonando
  • Past participle: abandonado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use abandonar

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

  1. Present

    Muita gente abandona animais nas férias.

    Lots of people abandon pets during the holidays.

  2. Past

    Ele abandonou a faculdade no terceiro ano.

    He dropped out of college in his third year.

  3. Future

    Eu não vou abandonar você nessa fase difícil.

    I'm not going to leave you in this hard time.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes, a gente abandonava os planos na primeira dificuldade.

    We used to give up our plans at the first difficulty.

  5. Conditional

    Ela nunca abandonaria o cachorro dela.

    She would never abandon her dog.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não deixe que ele abandone o tratamento.

    Don't let him give up the treatment.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu abandonasse o curso agora, perderia um ano.

    If I dropped the course now, I'd lose a year.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se vocês abandonarem o carro aqui, vai ser multado.

    If you leave the car here, it'll be fined.

  9. Imperative

    Não abandone o seu sonho tão cedo.

    Don't give up on your dream so soon.

Good to know

  • "Abandonar" is stronger than "largar": you abandon a dog, a house, a dream.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.