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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

adotar

to adopt

  • #489 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: adotando
  • Past participle: adotado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use adotar

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

  1. Present

    Muita gente adota cachorro no fim do ano.

    Lots of people adopt dogs at the end of the year.

  2. Past

    Nós adotamos um gatinho preto chamado Pipoca.

    We adopted a little black cat called Pipoca.

  3. Future

    Minha prima vai adotar uma menina de dois anos.

    My cousin is going to adopt a two-year-old girl.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha tia adotava todo bicho abandonado que via.

    My aunt adopted every stray animal she saw.

  5. Conditional

    Eu adotaria outro cachorro se o apartamento fosse maior.

    I'd adopt another dog if the apartment were bigger.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que alguém adote esse cachorrinho logo.

    I hope someone adopts this little dog soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente adotasse um gato, quem cuidaria nas férias?

    If we adopted a cat, who'd take care of it on vacation?

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você adotar, me mande uma foto.

    When you adopt, send me a picture.

  9. Imperative

    Adote um animal, não compre um.

    Adopt an animal, don't buy one.

Where you hear adotar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Muita gente adota cachorro no fim do ano. A lot of people adopt a dog at the end of the year.
  • A gente adotou um vira-lata. We adopted a mutt.
  • Um dia, eu também vou adotar um cachorro. One day, I'm going to adopt a dog too.
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It's the Dog That Chooses You

Intermediate Level 3 · adotar

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