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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

calçar

to put on shoes

  • #496 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: calçando
  • Past participle: calçado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você put on shoes!
  2. vocês put on shoes! (all of you)

How to use calçar

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

  1. Present

    Que número de sapato você calça?

    What shoe size do you wear?

  2. Past

    Ele calçou o tênis e saiu correndo.

    He put on his sneakers and ran out.

  3. Future

    Vou calçar uma sandália, está muito calor.

    I'm going to put on sandals, it's really hot.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente eu calçava trinta e seis.

    I used to wear a size thirty-six.

  5. Conditional

    Eu calçaria uma bota, mas esqueci em casa.

    I'd put on boots, but I left them at home.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que esse sapato calce bem em você.

    I hope this shoe fits you well.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você calçasse um tênis, andaria melhor.

    If you put on sneakers, you'd walk better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você calçar a meia, vê se não está furada.

    When you put the sock on, check it has no holes.

  9. Imperative

    Calce o sapato, a gente já vai sair.

    Put your shoes on, we're leaving now.

Good to know

  • "Calçar" is for shoes, socks and gloves; clothes you "vestir" or "colocar".
  • "Que número você calça?" is how you ask someone's shoe size.

Verbs like this one

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