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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

aposentar

to retire (se aposentar, word for word to retire yourself)

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aposentando
  • Past participle: aposentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use aposentar

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

  1. Present

    Meu pai se aposenta no ano que vem.

    My dad retires next year.

  2. Past

    Minha mãe se aposentou aos sessenta anos.

    My mother retired at sixty.

  3. Future

    Eu vou me aposentar e morar na praia.

    I'm going to retire and live at the beach.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente, as pessoas se aposentavam bem mais cedo.

    In the old days, people retired much earlier.

  5. Conditional

    Eu me aposentaria hoje se ganhasse na loteria.

    I'd retire today if I won the lottery.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Meu marido quer que eu me aposente logo.

    My husband wants me to retire soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele se aposentasse agora, receberia menos.

    If he retired now, he'd receive less.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando eu me aposentar, vou aprender a velejar.

    When I retire, I'm going to learn to sail.

  9. Imperative

    Aposente esse tênis velho, ele está furado.

    Retire those old sneakers, they've got holes.

Good to know

  • "Se aposentar" is to retire from work; "aposentadoria" is retirement or the pension.

Where you hear aposentar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

  • Eu me aposento em novembro. I retire in November.
  • A Dona Sônia se aposentou no Natal. Dona Sonia retired at Christmas.
  • O Tom vai se aposentar no fim do ano. Tom is going to retire at the end of the year.

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 3

  • Eu me aposento em novembro. I retire in November.
  • A Dona Sônia se aposentou no Natal. Dona Sonia retired at Christmas.
  • O Tom vai se aposentar no fim do ano. Tom is going to retire at the end of the year.
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On Top of That

Advanced Level 1 · A Dona Sônia se aposentou.

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Thirty-Two Years at the Door

Fluency Level 3 · Depende. Eu me aposento no fim do mês.

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Verbs like this one

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