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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

carregar

to carry, to charge

  • #226 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: carregando
  • Past participle: carregado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use carregar

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

  1. Present

    Eu carrego o celular toda noite.

    I charge my phone every night.

  2. Past

    Ele carregou as malas até o quarto andar.

    He carried the suitcases up to the fourth floor.

  3. Future

    Vou carregar a bateria antes de sair.

    I'm going to charge the battery before leaving.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe carregava a gente no colo até dormir.

    My mother used to carry us in her arms until we fell asleep.

  5. Conditional

    Eu carregaria a caixa, mas estou com dor nas costas.

    I'd carry the box, but my back hurts.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que o celular carregue rápido.

    I hope the phone charges fast.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você carregasse menos coisa, andaria mais leve.

    If you carried less stuff, you'd walk lighter.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando o notebook carregar, me avisa.

    When the laptop charges, let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Carregue o celular antes da viagem.

    Charge your phone before the trip.

Good to know

  • "Carregar o celular" is to charge the phone; "o carregador" is the charger.

Verbs like this one

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