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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

batizar

to baptise

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: batizando
  • Past participle: batizado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use batizar

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

  1. Present

    O padre batiza as crianças no domingo de manhã.

    The priest baptises the children on Sunday morning.

  2. Past

    A gente batizou a nossa filha na igreja da praça.

    We baptised our daughter in the church on the square.

  3. Future

    Eles vão batizar o menino em dezembro.

    They're going to baptise the boy in December.

  4. Imperfect

    Na minha família, todo mundo batizava os filhos bem cedo.

    In my family, everyone baptised their children very early.

  5. Conditional

    Eu batizaria o cachorro de Bolinha.

    I would name the dog Bolinha.

  6. Present subjunctive

    A avó quer que a gente batize o bebê logo.

    Grandma wants us to baptise the baby soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles batizassem no sábado, eu poderia ir.

    If they baptised on Saturday, I could go.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando vocês batizarem a menina, me chamem para padrinho.

    When you baptise the girl, ask me to be godfather.

  9. Imperative

    Batize a planta com um nome bonito.

    Give the plant a nice name.

Good to know

  • "Batizar" is also to name something: "batizaram o barco de Esperança"; "padrinho" is the godfather.

Where you hear batizar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

  • Eu batizo todas as crianças da região. I baptise all the children in the region.
  • O padre batizou a Bia em mil novecentos e noventa e seis. The priest baptised Bia in nineteen ninety-six.
  • Amanhã o padre vai batizar a Alice. Tomorrow the priest is going to baptise Alice.
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What Name Have You Chosen?

Advanced Level 1 · Eu te batizo em nome do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo.

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