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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

agachar

to crouch

  • #499 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: agachando
  • Past participle: agachado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use agachar

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

  1. Present

    Ela se agacha para conversar com as crianças.

    She crouches down to talk to the children.

  2. Past

    O goleiro agachou e pegou a bola.

    The goalkeeper crouched and caught the ball.

  3. Future

    Vou me agachar aqui, minha perna cansou.

    I'm going to crouch down here, my leg's tired.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô não agachava mais por causa do joelho.

    My grandfather couldn't crouch anymore because of his knee.

  5. Conditional

    Eu agacharia para olhar, mas estou de saia.

    I'd crouch down to look, but I'm wearing a skirt.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que eu agache sem dobrar as costas.

    The doctor wants me to squat without bending my back.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você se agachasse um pouco, caberia na foto.

    If you crouched down a little, you'd fit in the photo.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você agachar, não tira o calcanhar do chão.

    When you squat, don't lift your heels off the floor.

  9. Imperative

    Agache devagar e levante com cuidado.

    Crouch down slowly and get up carefully.

Good to know

  • In everyday speech it is often "se agachar": "ele se agachou para pegar a moeda".
  • "Agachamento" is the squat at the gym.

Verbs like this one

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