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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

aposentar-se

to retire

  • #333 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aposentando-se
  • 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-se

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

  1. Present

    Meu pai se aposenta no fim do ano.

    My father retires at the end of the year.

  2. Past

    Minha mãe se aposentou aos sessenta anos.

    My mother retired at sixty.

  3. Future

    A gente vai se aposentar numa cidade pequena.

    We're going to retire in a small town.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes, as pessoas se aposentavam bem mais cedo.

    People used to retire much earlier.

  5. Conditional

    Se pudesse, eu me aposentaria amanhã mesmo.

    If I could, I'd retire tomorrow.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que ela se aposente com saúde.

    I hope she retires in good health.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele se aposentasse, viajaria o país inteiro.

    If he retired, he'd travel the whole country.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando eu me aposentar, vou aprender a velejar.

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

  9. Imperative

    Aposente-se enquanto ainda tem energia para aproveitar.

    Retire while you still have the energy to enjoy it.

Good to know

  • "Aposentado" is retired; "aposentadoria" is retirement and the pension.

Verbs like this one

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