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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

atacar

to attack

  • #354 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: atacando
  • Past participle: atacado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use atacar

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

  1. Present

    O meu gato ataca os meus pés de madrugada.

    My cat attacks my feet in the middle of the night.

  2. Past

    A gripe atacou a casa inteira essa semana.

    The flu hit the whole house this week.

  3. Future

    O time vai atacar desde o primeiro minuto.

    The team is going to attack from the first minute.

  4. Imperfect

    Depois da escola, a gente atacava a geladeira.

    After school, we used to raid the fridge.

  5. Conditional

    Esse cachorro nunca atacaria uma criança.

    That dog would never attack a child.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Fecha o portão para que o cão não ataque ninguém.

    Close the gate so the dog doesn't attack anyone.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o time atacasse mais, ganharia o jogo.

    If the team attacked more, it would win the game.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a alergia atacar, tome o remédio.

    If the allergy flares up, take the medicine.

  9. Imperative

    Ataque a sobremesa, está uma delícia.

    Dig into the dessert, it's delicious.

Good to know

  • "Atacar a geladeira" is to raid the fridge; in football, "atacar" is to go on the attack.

Verbs like this one

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