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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acordar

to wake up

  • #131 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acordando
  • Past participle: acordado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você wake up!
  2. vocês wake up! (all of you)

How to use acordar

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

  1. Present

    Eu acordo às seis e meia durante a semana.

    I wake up at six thirty during the week.

  2. Past

    Hoje eu acordei antes do despertador.

    Today I woke up before the alarm.

  3. Future

    Amanhã a gente vai acordar bem cedo.

    Tomorrow we're going to wake up really early.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando morava na roça, eu acordava com os galos.

    When I lived in the country, I woke up with the roosters.

  5. Conditional

    Eu acordaria mais tarde se pudesse.

    I would wake up later if I could.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Fala baixo para que o bebê não acorde.

    Speak quietly so the baby doesn't wake up.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu acordasse mais cedo, faria exercício.

    If I woke up earlier, I'd exercise.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você acordar, me liga.

    When you wake up, call me.

  9. Imperative

    Acorde, já são nove horas!

    Wake up, it's already nine o'clock!

Good to know

  • "Acordar" is to wake up; "levantar" is to get out of bed.

Where you hear acordar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu acordo às seis. I wake up at six.
  • Hoje eu acordei tarde. Today I woke up late.
  • Amanhã eu vou acordar cedo. Tomorrow I'm going to wake up early.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu acordo todo dia às cinco. I wake up at five every day.
  • Eu acordei com o trovão. I woke up with the thunder.
  • Amanhã a gente vai acordar cedo. Tomorrow we're going to wake up early.
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A Normal Day

Beginner Level 2 · eu acordo · você acorda

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What Did You Do at the Weekend?

Beginner Level 2 · eu acordei

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It's a Good Sign

Intermediate Level 2 · acordado

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Without Anyone Seeing

Intermediate Level 3 · acordada · acordem · acordasse · acordassem

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It Hasn't Sunk In Yet

Intermediate Level 3 · acordou

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I'd Barely Lain Down

Intermediate Level 3 · acorde · acordada

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Every Five Minutes

Intermediate Level 3 · acorda

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Verbs like this one

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