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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

aumentar

to go up, to increase

  • #271 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aumentando
  • Past participle: aumentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você go up!
  2. vocês go up! (all of you)

How to use aumentar

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

  1. Present

    O preço do café aumenta todo mês.

    The price of coffee goes up every month.

  2. Past

    O aluguel aumentou vinte por cento este ano.

    The rent went up twenty percent this year.

  3. Future

    A empresa vai aumentar o salário em janeiro.

    The company is going to raise salaries in January.

  4. Imperfect

    A fila aumentava a cada minuto.

    The line grew every minute.

  5. Conditional

    Eu aumentaria o volume, mas o bebê está dormindo.

    I'd turn up the volume, but the baby's sleeping.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que a febre não aumente de noite.

    I hope the fever doesn't go up at night.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o salário aumentasse, eu trocaria de carro.

    If my salary went up, I'd change cars.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se a dor aumentar, volte ao pronto-socorro.

    If the pain increases, go back to the ER.

  9. Imperative

    Aumente um pouco a televisão, não estou ouvindo.

    Turn the TV up a bit, I can't hear.

Where you hear aumentar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • No Rio, o aluguel aumenta todo ano. In Rio, the rent goes up every year.
  • O preço do apartamento aumentou. The price of the flat went up.
  • No ano que vem, o preço vai aumentar. Next year, the price is going to go up.
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