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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

admitir

to admit

  • #376 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: admitindo
  • Past participle: admitido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use admitir

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

  1. Present

    Eu admito que errei no cálculo.

    I admit I got the calculation wrong.

  2. Past

    Ele admitiu que esqueceu o aniversário dela.

    He admitted he forgot her birthday.

  3. Future

    Ela nunca vai admitir que estava errada.

    She's never going to admit she was wrong.

  4. Imperfect

    A fábrica admitia muita gente no fim do ano.

    The factory used to hire a lot of people at year-end.

  5. Conditional

    Eu admitiria o erro se fosse meu.

    I would admit the mistake if it were mine.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Duvido que o chefe admita que se enganou.

    I doubt the boss will admit he was mistaken.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele admitisse a verdade, eu perdoaria.

    If he admitted the truth, I'd forgive him.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando ela admitir o problema, a gente ajuda.

    When she admits the problem, we'll help.

  9. Imperative

    Admita, você também gostou da novela.

    Admit it, you liked the soap opera too.

Good to know

  • "Admitir" is also to hire: "a empresa admitiu dez pessoas".

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