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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

arriscar

to risk

  • #304 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: arriscando
  • Past participle: arriscado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use arriscar

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

  1. Present

    Quem não arrisca não petisca.

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

  2. Past

    Ele arriscou tudo para abrir o restaurante.

    He risked everything to open the restaurant.

  3. Future

    Eu vou arriscar um palpite: trinta anos.

    I'll take a guess: thirty years old.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô nunca arriscava dinheiro em nada.

    My grandfather never risked money on anything.

  5. Conditional

    Eu não arriscaria sair sem guarda-chuva hoje.

    I wouldn't risk going out without an umbrella today.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você arrisque a sua saúde.

    I don't want you to risk your health.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente arriscasse mais, aprenderia mais rápido.

    If we took more risks, we'd learn faster.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você arriscar, pode ganhar ou perder.

    If you take the risk, you can win or lose.

  9. Imperative

    Arrisque, o pior que pode acontecer é um não.

    Take the chance, the worst that can happen is a no.

Good to know

  • "Se arriscar" is to take a chance; "arriscar um palpite" is to take a guess.

Where you hear arriscar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu não arrisco. I don't take risks.
  • Eu arrisquei e perguntei. I took the risk and asked.
  • Eu vou arriscar uma pergunta. I'm going to risk a question.
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Intermediate Level 2 · arriscar

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