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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

adiar

to postpone

  • #407 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: adiando
  • Past participle: adiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use adiar

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

  1. Present

    Ele adia a consulta no dentista todo mês.

    He puts off the dentist appointment every month.

  2. Past

    A gente adiou o casamento para o ano que vem.

    We postponed the wedding to next year.

  3. Future

    A empresa vai adiar a reunião para quinta.

    The company is going to postpone the meeting to Thursday.

  4. Imperfect

    Eu sempre adiava a lição até o último dia.

    I always put off my homework until the last day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu adiaria a viagem se estivesse chovendo tanto.

    I would postpone the trip if it were raining that much.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que não adiem o show outra vez.

    I hope they don't postpone the concert again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles adiassem a prova, eu estudaria mais.

    If they postponed the exam, I'd study more.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a gente adiar de novo, perde o desconto.

    If we postpone again, we lose the discount.

  9. Imperative

    Não adie para amanhã o que dá para fazer hoje.

    Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Good to know

  • "Adiar" is to put off to later; "antecipar" or "adiantar" is to bring forward.

Verbs like this one

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