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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

babar

to drool

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: babando
  • Past participle: babado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use babar

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

  1. Present

    O bebê baba muito porque está nascendo dente.

    The baby drools a lot because he's teething.

  2. Past

    Dormi no ônibus e babei no ombro de um estranho.

    I fell asleep on the bus and drooled on a stranger's shoulder.

  3. Future

    Minha mãe vai babar quando vir essa foto.

    My mom is going to gush when she sees this photo.

  4. Imperfect

    O cachorro babava toda vez que a gente comia churrasco.

    The dog drooled every time we ate barbecue.

  5. Conditional

    Eu babaria por um carro desses também.

    I'd drool over a car like that too.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Coloque o babador antes que ele babe na camisa.

    Put the bib on before he drools on his shirt.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o cachorro não babasse tanto, dormia na cama.

    If the dog didn't drool so much, he'd sleep on the bed.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você babar no travesseiro, lava a fronha.

    If you drool on the pillow, wash the pillowcase.

  9. Imperative

    Não babe no meu ombro, acorda!

    Don't drool on my shoulder, wake up!

Good to know

  • "Babar" is also to gush over someone or something: "ela baba pelo neto"; "babador" is a bib.

Where you hear babar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

  • Com quatro meses, todo bebê baba muito. At four months, every baby drools a lot.
  • A Alice babou na camisa do Daniel. Alice drooled on Daniel's shirt.
  • Quando o dente vier, ela vai babar ainda mais. When the tooth comes, she's going to drool even more.
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Two Passports and No Teeth

Advanced Level 1 · Muito mal. Olha, ela está babando.

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