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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

cancelar

to cancel

  • #262 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: cancelando
  • Past participle: cancelado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use cancelar

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

  1. Present

    Eu cancelo a reunião se você não puder.

    I'll cancel the meeting if you can't make it.

  2. Past

    A companhia cancelou o voo por causa da chuva.

    The airline canceled the flight because of the rain.

  3. Future

    Vou cancelar a assinatura da revista.

    I'm going to cancel the magazine subscription.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele cancelava os planos na última hora toda vez.

    He canceled plans at the last minute every time.

  5. Conditional

    Eu cancelaria o jantar, você está com febre.

    I would cancel the dinner, you have a fever.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que eles não cancelem o show.

    I hope they don't cancel the show.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente cancelasse hoje, perderia a reserva.

    If we canceled today, we'd lose the booking.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você cancelar, me avisa antes das cinco.

    If you cancel, let me know before five.

  9. Imperative

    Cancele o cartão agora mesmo, ele foi roubado.

    Cancel the card right now, it was stolen.

Where you hear cancelar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Quase ninguém cancela a tenda. Hardly anyone cancels the marquee.
  • Uma noiva cancelou a festa uma semana antes. A bride cancelled the party a week before.
  • Se não chover, a gente vai cancelar a tenda. If it doesn't rain, we're going to cancel the marquee.
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What If It Rains?

Intermediate Level 2 · cancelar

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It Can't Be True

Intermediate Level 2 · cancelem · cancelou

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Verbs like this one

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