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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

assustar

to scare

  • #323 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: assustando
  • Past participle: assustado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use assustar

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

  1. Present

    Trovão ainda assusta o meu cachorro.

    Thunder still scares my dog.

  2. Past

    Você me assustou, eu não ouvi você entrar.

    You scared me, I didn't hear you come in.

  3. Future

    Essa máscara vai assustar as crianças.

    That mask is going to scare the kids.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando eu era pequeno, o escuro me assustava.

    When I was little, the dark used to scare me.

  5. Conditional

    Um aviso desses assustaria qualquer paciente.

    A warning like that would scare any patient.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Entre devagar para que ela não se assuste.

    Come in slowly so she doesn't get startled.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o preço me assustasse, eu nem perguntaria.

    If the price scared me, I wouldn't even ask.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o barulho assustar o bebê, fecha a janela.

    If the noise startles the baby, close the window.

  9. Imperative

    Não assuste a sua avó com essas histórias.

    Don't scare your grandmother with those stories.

Good to know

  • "Levar um susto" is to get a fright; "se assustar com" is to be startled by.

Verbs like this one

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