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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acertar

to get right, to guess right

  • #404 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acertando
  • Past participle: acertado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você get right!
  2. vocês get right! (all of you)

How to use acertar

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

  1. Present

    Ela acerta todas as perguntas do programa.

    She gets every question on the show right.

  2. Past

    Você acertou, o restaurante fica nessa rua.

    You got it right, the restaurant is on this street.

  3. Future

    Dessa vez eu vou acertar a receita.

    This time I'm going to get the recipe right.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu irmão acertava o gol de qualquer lugar.

    My brother could hit the goal from anywhere.

  5. Conditional

    Eu acertaria a resposta se tivesse estudado.

    I'd get the answer right if I'd studied.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que eu acerte o tamanho do presente.

    I hope I get the size of the present right.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente acertasse na loteria, viajaria o mundo.

    If we won the lottery, we'd travel the world.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quem acertar o placar ganha um jantar.

    Whoever guesses the score wins a dinner.

  9. Imperative

    Acerte as contas com o seu irmão antes de viajar.

    Settle up with your brother before you travel.

Good to know

  • "Acertar em cheio" is to nail it; "acertar as contas" is to settle up.

Where you hear acertar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu sempre acerto. I always get it right.
  • Eu acertei. É menina. I got it right. It's a girl.
  • Da próxima vez, eu vou acertar. Next time, I'm going to get it right.
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Whether It's a Boy or a Girl

Intermediate Level 3 · acertado

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