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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acalmar

to calm down

  • #327 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acalmando
  • Past participle: acalmado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use acalmar

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

  1. Present

    Um chá quente me acalma antes de dormir.

    A hot tea calms me down before bed.

  2. Past

    A música acalmou o bebê em dois minutos.

    The music calmed the baby in two minutes.

  3. Future

    Vou me acalmar antes de responder essa mensagem.

    I'm going to calm down before answering that message.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó acalmava a gente contando histórias.

    My grandmother used to calm us down by telling stories.

  5. Conditional

    Uma boa notícia acalmaria todo mundo aqui.

    Some good news would calm everyone here down.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espere que ele se acalme antes de conversar.

    Wait for him to calm down before talking.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o mar se acalmasse, a gente sairia de barco.

    If the sea calmed down, we'd go out by boat.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a situação se acalmar, a gente conversa.

    When things calm down, we'll talk.

  9. Imperative

    Se acalme, o médico já está chegando.

    Calm down, the doctor is on his way.

Good to know

  • "Se acalmar" is to calm yourself down; "calma!" alone already asks for it.

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