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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

ajustar

to alter, to adjust

  • #480 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: ajustando
  • Past participle: ajustado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use ajustar

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

  1. Present

    A costureira ajusta roupas em um dia.

    The seamstress alters clothes in a day.

  2. Past

    Eu ajustei o relógio para o horário de verão.

    I set my watch to daylight saving time.

  3. Future

    Vou ajustar o vestido na cintura.

    I'm going to take the dress in at the waist.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele ajustava os óculos toda hora.

    He kept adjusting his glasses.

  5. Conditional

    Eu ajustaria o banco antes de dirigir.

    I would adjust the seat before driving.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Peça que ela ajuste a barra da calça.

    Ask her to alter the hem of the pants.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente ajustasse o orçamento, sobraria dinheiro.

    If we adjusted the budget, we'd have money left over.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando ajustar o som, me diga se melhorou.

    When you adjust the sound, tell me if it got better.

  9. Imperative

    Ajuste o espelho antes de sair com o carro.

    Adjust the mirror before taking the car out.

Where you hear ajustar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Esse relógio atrasa. Eu ajusto toda semana. This clock runs slow. I adjust it every week.
  • Eu ajustei o meu relógio para a hora do Rio. I set my watch to Rio time.
  • A loja vai ajustar o vestido na cintura. The shop is going to alter the dress at the waist.
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