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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

casar

to marry, to get married

  • #159 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: casando
  • Past participle: casado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use casar

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

  1. Present

    Minha prima casa em dezembro.

    My cousin is getting married in December.

  2. Past

    Eles casaram na praia, com pouca gente.

    They got married on the beach, with few people.

  3. Future

    A gente vai casar no civil primeiro.

    We're going to have the civil wedding first.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente as pessoas casavam muito cedo.

    In the old days people got married very young.

  5. Conditional

    Eu casaria de novo com a mesma pessoa.

    I would marry the same person again.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Minha mãe quer que eu case na igreja.

    My mother wants me to get married in church.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles casassem em maio, eu não poderia ir.

    If they got married in May, I couldn't go.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você casar, me chama para madrinha.

    When you get married, make me your maid of honor.

  9. Imperative

    Case por amor, não por pressa.

    Marry for love, not out of hurry.

Good to know

  • "Casar com" is to marry someone; "se casar" and "casar" are both used in Brazil.

Where you hear casar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Muita gente casa nessa igreja. Many people get married in that church.
  • Os meus pais casaram em Chicago. My parents got married in Chicago.
  • Eu vou casar com o Thiago. I'm going to marry Thiago.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Muita gente casa em setembro. A lot of people get married in September.
  • Eu casei com vinte e dois anos. I got married at twenty-two.
  • A gente vai casar na fazenda. We're going to get married on the farm.
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I Wonder If We Can Go

Intermediate Level 1 · casar com · eles casaram

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Engaged

Intermediate Level 1 · se eu casasse

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If We Had Known

Intermediate Level 2 · casado

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We Ended Up Finding a Band

Intermediate Level 2 · casando

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The Room in Which

Intermediate Level 3 · casou

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