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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

castrar

to neuter

  • #491 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: castrando
  • Past participle: castrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use castrar

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

  1. Present

    A clínica castra gatos de rua de graça.

    The clinic neuters stray cats for free.

  2. Past

    A gente castrou a cadela com seis meses.

    We had the dog spayed at six months.

  3. Future

    Vou castrar o gato na semana que vem.

    I'm going to get the cat neutered next week.

  4. Imperfect

    Naquela época ninguém castrava os animais.

    Back then nobody neutered their animals.

  5. Conditional

    Eu castraria o cachorro para ele ficar mais calmo.

    I'd neuter the dog so he calms down.

  6. Present subjunctive

    A ONG pede que você castre antes de adotar outro.

    The charity asks that you neuter before adopting another.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se todo mundo castrasse, teria menos cachorro na rua.

    If everyone neutered, there'd be fewer dogs on the street.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando castrar a gata, deixe ela descansar uns dias.

    When you spay the cat, let her rest a few days.

  9. Imperative

    Castre o seu bichinho, é um ato de amor.

    Neuter your pet, it's an act of love.

Where you hear castrar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A gente castra todos os cachorros antes da adoção. We neuter all the dogs before they're adopted.
  • Ele foi castrado com seis meses. He was neutered at six months.
  • A gente vai castrar os filhotes no mês que vem. We're going to neuter the puppies next month.
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It's the Dog That Chooses You

Intermediate Level 3 · castrado

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Verbs like this one

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