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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

aguentar

to take, to put up with

  • #315 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aguentando
  • Past participle: aguentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use aguentar

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

  1. Present

    Eu não aguento mais esse calor.

    I can't take this heat any more.

  2. Past

    Ela aguentou a dor até chegar ao hospital.

    She put up with the pain until she got to the hospital.

  3. Future

    Você não vai aguentar comer tudo isso.

    You're not going to manage to eat all that.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô aguentava doze horas na roça.

    My grandfather could take twelve hours in the fields.

  5. Conditional

    Eu não aguentaria morar longe da família.

    I couldn't bear living far from my family.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a ponte aguente o peso do caminhão.

    I hope the bridge holds the weight of the truck.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a bateria aguentasse mais, eu não reclamaria.

    If the battery lasted longer, I wouldn't complain.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você aguentar até o fim, eu te pago um sorvete.

    If you hold out to the end, I'll buy you an ice cream.

  9. Imperative

    Aguente firme, falta pouco para acabar.

    Hang in there, it's almost over.

Good to know

  • "Não aguento mais" is "I can't take it any more"; "aguenta aí" is "hang in there".

Where you hear aguentar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu aguento pimenta, mas só um pouquinho. I can take pepper, but just a little.
  • Eu não aguentei o calor de Salvador. I couldn't take the heat in Salvador.
  • Você vai aguentar mais um? Are you going to manage one more?

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu não aguento esse calor. I can't stand this heat.
  • A tenda aguentou a tempestade. The marquee held through the storm.
  • Eu não vou aguentar até o fim da festa. I'm not going to last until the end of the party.
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Hot or Cold?

Intermediate Level 1 · Aguenta? · Eu aguento!

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If We Had Known

Intermediate Level 2 · aguento · Eu não aguento mais. · aguenta firme

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It's a Good Sign

Intermediate Level 2 · aguentar

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Come Back Soon

Intermediate Level 2 · aguentou

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