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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

animar

to cheer up, to encourage

  • #325 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: animando
  • Past participle: animado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você cheer up!
  2. vocês cheer up! (all of you)

How to use animar

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

  1. Present

    Música boa sempre anima a festa.

    Good music always livens up the party.

  2. Past

    A notícia animou a turma inteira.

    The news cheered up the whole class.

  3. Future

    Vou animar ele com um sorvete.

    I'm going to cheer him up with an ice cream.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai animava a gente antes de cada jogo.

    My father used to pump us up before every game.

  5. Conditional

    Um dia de sol animaria qualquer um.

    A sunny day would cheer anyone up.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que essa viagem anime a sua mãe.

    I hope this trip lifts your mother's spirits.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se mais gente se animasse, a gente faria o churrasco.

    If more people got on board, we'd do the barbecue.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você se animar, me liga que eu vou junto.

    If you feel like it, call me and I'll come along.

  9. Imperative

    Anime o seu irmão, ele está triste hoje.

    Cheer your brother up, he's sad today.

Good to know

  • "Animado" is excited or in high spirits; "se animar" is to get into the mood: "se anima!".

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