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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

admirar

to admire

  • #369 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: admirando
  • Past participle: admirado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use admirar

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

  1. Present

    Eu admiro muito a paciência da minha mãe.

    I really admire my mother's patience.

  2. Past

    A gente admirou o pôr do sol em silêncio.

    We admired the sunset in silence.

  3. Future

    Vocês vão admirar a vista lá de cima.

    You're going to admire the view from up there.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando criança, eu admirava os bombeiros.

    As a kid, I used to admire firefighters.

  5. Conditional

    Qualquer um admiraria a coragem dela.

    Anyone would admire her courage.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não espere que todos admirem o seu trabalho.

    Don't expect everyone to admire your work.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele admirasse o chefe, trabalharia com mais vontade.

    If he admired his boss, he'd work with more enthusiasm.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você admirar o quadro de perto, vai entender.

    When you admire the painting up close, you'll understand.

  9. Imperative

    Admire a cidade com calma, sem pressa.

    Take in the city calmly, with no rush.

Good to know

  • "Admirar" is also to be amazed: "me admira que ele tenha vindo".

Verbs like this one

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