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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

apaixonar-se

to fall in love

  • #330 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: apaixonando-se
  • Past participle: apaixonado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você fall in love!
  2. vocês fall in love! (all of you)

How to use apaixonar-se

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

  1. Present

    Ele se apaixona toda vez que viaja.

    He falls in love every time he travels.

  2. Past

    Eu me apaixonei pelo Rio na primeira visita.

    I fell in love with Rio on my first visit.

  3. Future

    Você vai se apaixonar por essa cidade.

    You're going to fall in love with this city.

  4. Imperfect

    Na escola, a gente se apaixonava toda semana.

    At school, we used to fall in love every week.

  5. Conditional

    Qualquer um se apaixonaria por essa praia.

    Anyone would fall in love with this beach.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que ela se apaixone por alguém legal.

    I hope she falls in love with someone nice.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu me apaixonasse de novo, teria mais cuidado.

    If I fell in love again, I'd be more careful.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você se apaixonar, vai entender.

    When you fall in love, you'll understand.

  9. Imperative

    Apaixone-se pela comida daqui, vale a pena.

    Fall in love with the food here, it's worth it.

Good to know

  • "Se apaixonar por" takes "por": "me apaixonei por ela"; "apaixonado" is in love.

Verbs like this one

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