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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

aguardar

to wait for

  • #406 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aguardando
  • Past participle: aguardado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você wait for!
  2. vocês wait for! (all of you)

How to use aguardar

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

  1. Present

    A gente aguarda a resposta do banco até sexta.

    We're waiting for the bank's answer until Friday.

  2. Past

    Eu aguardei quarenta minutos na fila do correio.

    I waited forty minutes in line at the post office.

  3. Future

    O médico vai aguardar o resultado do exame.

    The doctor is going to wait for the test result.

  4. Imperfect

    Os passageiros aguardavam o voo sem reclamar.

    The passengers were waiting for the flight without complaining.

  5. Conditional

    Eu aguardaria mais uma semana antes de ligar.

    I would wait one more week before calling.

  6. Present subjunctive

    A atendente pediu que a gente aguarde sentado.

    The clerk asked us to wait seated.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você aguardasse um pouco, ele chegaria.

    If you waited a little, he'd arrive.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Enquanto aguardar, aproveite para preencher o formulário.

    While you wait, take the chance to fill out the form.

  9. Imperative

    Aguarde um momento, já vou te atender.

    Hold on a moment, I'll be right with you.

Good to know

  • "Aguardar" is a politer "esperar", heard on the phone and in offices: "aguarde um momento".

Verbs like this one

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