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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

amarrar

to tie

  • #497 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: amarrando
  • Past participle: amarrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use amarrar

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

  1. Present

    Minha filha já amarra o cadarço sozinha.

    My daughter already ties her shoelaces by herself.

  2. Past

    Eu amarrei o barco bem forte no cais.

    I tied the boat up tight at the dock.

  3. Future

    Vou amarrar o cabelo, está muito vento.

    I'm going to tie my hair up, it's really windy.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô amarrava o cavalo naquela árvore.

    My grandfather used to tie the horse to that tree.

  5. Conditional

    Eu amarraria a caixa com uma fita vermelha.

    I'd tie the box with a red ribbon.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É melhor que você amarre bem essa mala.

    You'd better tie that suitcase up well.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente amarrasse a rede ali, ficaria na sombra.

    If we tied the hammock there, it would be in the shade.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você amarrar o cachorro, ele vai latir.

    If you tie up the dog, he's going to bark.

  9. Imperative

    Amarre o cadarço antes de correr.

    Tie your shoelaces before you run.

Good to know

  • "Amarrar o cadarço" is to tie your shoelaces; the opposite is "desamarrar".
  • In slang, "estar amarrado em alguém" is to be crazy about someone.

Verbs like this one

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