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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acenar

to wave

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acenando
  • Past participle: acenado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use acenar

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

  1. Present

    O vizinho sempre acena para mim da janela.

    The neighbor always waves at me from the window.

  2. Past

    Eu acenei para o táxi, mas ele não parou.

    I waved at the taxi, but it didn't stop.

  3. Future

    Vou acenar quando eu passar pela sua casa.

    I'll wave when I go past your house.

  4. Imperfect

    A menina acenava para todo mundo no trem.

    The little girl waved at everyone on the train.

  5. Conditional

    Eu acenaria, mas estou com as mãos ocupadas.

    I'd wave, but my hands are full.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você acene com o lenço quando ele passar.

    I want you to wave the handkerchief when he passes.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você acenasse, ela teria visto a gente.

    If you'd waved, she'd have seen us.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o guarda acenar, pode atravessar.

    If the officer waves, you can cross.

  9. Imperative

    Acene para a câmera, a vovó está assistindo!

    Wave at the camera, grandma is watching!

Good to know

  • "Acenar para" someone is to wave at them; "acenar com a cabeça" is to nod.

Where you hear acenar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

  • A Alice acena da arquibancada. Alice waves from the stands.
  • Eu acenei para ela e não parei de sambar. I waved to her and didn't stop dancing.
  • Acena para a família, que eles estão ali. Wave to the family, they're over there.
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Fluency Level 1 · Acena para ela, e não para de sambar!

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