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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

almoçar

to have lunch

  • #153 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: almoçando
  • Past participle: almoçado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você have lunch!
  2. vocês have lunch! (all of you)

How to use almoçar

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

  1. Present

    Eu almoço sempre ao meio-dia.

    I always have lunch at noon.

  2. Past

    Hoje a gente almoçou num restaurante japonês.

    Today we had lunch at a Japanese restaurant.

  3. Future

    Vamos almoçar juntos na sexta?

    Shall we have lunch together on Friday?

  4. Imperfect

    Eu almoçava na casa da minha avó aos domingos.

    I used to have lunch at my grandma's on Sundays.

  5. Conditional

    Eu almoçaria com vocês, mas tenho reunião.

    I'd have lunch with you, but I have a meeting.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Minha mãe quer que a gente almoce lá no domingo.

    My mother wants us to have lunch there on Sunday.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você almoçasse mais cedo, não passaria mal.

    If you had lunch earlier, you wouldn't feel sick.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando vocês almoçarem, me chamem.

    When you have lunch, call me.

  9. Imperative

    Almoce direito, você vai trabalhar até tarde.

    Eat a proper lunch, you're going to work late.

Good to know

  • "Almoço" is also the noun: a hora do almoço is lunchtime.

Where you hear almoçar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu almoço ao meio-dia. I have lunch at noon.
  • Eu almocei com a Bia. I had lunch with Bia.
  • Nós vamos almoçar juntos. We're going to have lunch together.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu almoço ao meio-dia. I have lunch at noon.
  • Eu almocei com a Carla. I had lunch with Carla.
  • Eu vou almoçar com os meus colegas. I'm going to have lunch with my colleagues.
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I'm Very Hungry

Beginner Level 1 · almoçar · Vamos almoçar.

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A Normal Day

Beginner Level 2 · eu almoço · você almoça

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What Did You Do at the Weekend?

Beginner Level 2 · eu almocei · você almoçou

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