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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

brindar

to toast

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: brindando
  • Past participle: brindado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use brindar

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

  1. Present

    A gente sempre brinda antes do primeiro gole.

    We always toast before the first sip.

  2. Past

    Ontem a gente brindou à casa nova com espumante.

    Yesterday we toasted the new house with sparkling wine.

  3. Future

    Vamos brindar à saúde da aniversariante!

    Let's toast to the birthday girl's health!

  4. Imperfect

    No réveillon, a família toda brindava à meia-noite.

    On New Year's Eve, the whole family toasted at midnight.

  5. Conditional

    Eu brindaria com você, mas estou dirigindo.

    I'd toast with you, but I'm driving.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que todos brindem comigo a essa vitória.

    I want everyone to toast this victory with me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente brindasse toda noite, o vinho acabava.

    If we toasted every night, the wine would run out.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a gente brindar, olhe nos olhos, é tradição.

    When we toast, look into the eyes, it's tradition.

  9. Imperative

    Brinde comigo, hoje é dia de festa!

    Toast with me, today is a day to celebrate!

Good to know

  • "Brindar a" is to toast to something: "vamos brindar ao ano novo"; "um brinde!" is "cheers!".

Where you hear brindar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A gente brinda em todo casamento. We toast at every wedding.
  • Todo mundo brindou aos noivos. Everyone toasted the bride and groom.
  • Vamos brindar à família. We're going to toast the family.
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One Family

Intermediate Level 2 · Vamos brindar às duas famílias!

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