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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

alagar

to flood

  • #437 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: alagando
  • Past participle: alagado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use alagar

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

  1. Present

    Essa rua alaga toda vez que chove forte.

    This street floods every time it rains hard.

  2. Past

    A cozinha alagou porque a máquina vazou.

    The kitchen flooded because the washing machine leaked.

  3. Future

    Com essa chuva, o túnel vai alagar de novo.

    With this rain, the tunnel is going to flood again.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando eu era criança, o bairro alagava todo verão.

    When I was a kid, the neighborhood flooded every summer.

  5. Conditional

    Sem o bueiro entupido, a praça não alagaria.

    Without the blocked drain, the square wouldn't flood.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que a garagem não alague essa noite.

    I hope the garage doesn't flood tonight.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a loja alagasse, perderíamos o estoque todo.

    If the store flooded, we'd lose all the stock.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a avenida alagar, pegue o caminho da serra.

    If the avenue floods, take the mountain road.

  9. Imperative

    Não alague o banheiro, feche a torneira!

    Don't flood the bathroom, turn off the faucet!

Good to know

  • "Alagar" is water filling a street or a house; a river "transborda", overflows.

Where you hear alagar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Essa rua alaga quando chove muito. This street floods when it rains a lot.
  • A rua alagou ontem à noite. The street flooded last night.
  • Se chover muito, a rua vai alagar. If it rains a lot, the street will flood.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • No Rio, a rua alaga toda vez que chove forte. In Rio, the street floods every time it rains hard.
  • Uma vez, a estrada alagou e ninguém passou. Once, the road flooded and nobody got through.
  • Se chover a noite toda, a estrada vai alagar. If it rains all night, the road is going to flood.
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