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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

acrescentar

to add

  • #393 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acrescentando
  • Past participle: acrescentado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use acrescentar

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

  1. Present

    Eu sempre acrescento um pouco de limão no feijão.

    I always add a bit of lemon to the beans.

  2. Past

    Ela acrescentou mais duas pessoas na lista.

    She added two more people to the list.

  3. Future

    Vou acrescentar queijo por cima da massa.

    I'm going to add cheese on top of the pasta.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe acrescentava banana em tudo que fazia.

    My mother used to add banana to everything she made.

  5. Conditional

    Eu acrescentaria uma pitada de sal.

    I would add a pinch of salt.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você acrescente o endereço no formulário.

    I want you to add the address to the form.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente acrescentasse mais um dia, veria tudo.

    If we added one more day, we'd see everything.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando acrescentar o leite, mexa devagar.

    When you add the milk, stir slowly.

  9. Imperative

    Acrescente o nome dela no convite.

    Add her name to the invitation.

Where you hear acrescentar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu sempre acrescento um pouco mais de queijo. I always add a little more cheese.
  • Eu acrescentei sal no frango. I added salt to the chicken.
  • Eu vou acrescentar mais queijo. I'm going to add more cheese.
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The Secret Is the Cheese

Intermediate Level 2 · acrescenta-se

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