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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

assar

to bake

  • #468 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: assando
  • Past participle: assado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use assar

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

  1. Present

    Minha mãe assa pão todo domingo de manhã.

    My mother bakes bread every Sunday morning.

  2. Past

    Eu assei um frango com batatas para o almoço.

    I roasted a chicken with potatoes for lunch.

  3. Future

    A gente vai assar um bolo para o aniversário dela.

    We're going to bake a cake for her birthday.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó assava biscoitos quando a gente visitava.

    My grandmother used to bake cookies when we visited.

  5. Conditional

    Eu assaria a carne em fogo baixo.

    I would roast the meat on low heat.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Deixe que o bolo asse por quarenta minutos.

    Let the cake bake for forty minutes.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você assasse em vez de fritar, seria mais leve.

    If you baked instead of frying, it would be lighter.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando assar o peixe, coloque limão por cima.

    When you bake the fish, put lemon on top.

  9. Imperative

    Asse em forno quente por meia hora.

    Bake in a hot oven for half an hour.

Good to know

  • "Assar" covers baking in the oven and roasting or grilling: "assar um frango", "assar carne".

Where you hear assar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu asso pão de queijo todo sábado. I bake cheese bread every Saturday.
  • Eu assei vinte pães de queijo. I baked twenty cheese breads.
  • A gente vai assar o pão de queijo no Rio. We're going to bake the cheese bread in Rio.
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The Secret Is the Cheese

Intermediate Level 2 · assa-se · assa

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