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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

cheirar

to smell

  • #415 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: cheirando
  • Past participle: cheirado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use cheirar

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

  1. Present

    Essa flor cheira melhor de noite.

    This flower smells better at night.

  2. Past

    Eu cheirei o leite e ele estava azedo.

    I smelled the milk and it was sour.

  3. Future

    A casa inteira vai cheirar a bolo de fubá.

    The whole house is going to smell of cornmeal cake.

  4. Imperfect

    A roupa dele cheirava a cigarro quando chegava.

    His clothes smelled of cigarettes when he got home.

  5. Conditional

    Com essa vela, a sala cheiraria a baunilha.

    With this candle, the living room would smell of vanilla.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero um sabonete que cheire a lavanda.

    I want a soap that smells of lavender.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o peixe cheirasse mal, eu não compraria.

    If the fish smelled bad, I wouldn't buy it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o quarto cheirar a mofo, abra a janela.

    If the room smells musty, open the window.

  9. Imperative

    Cheire esse café, acabou de ser moído.

    Smell this coffee, it was just ground.

Good to know

  • "Cheirar a" is to smell of something: a cozinha cheira a alho; "sentir cheiro" is to smell something.

Verbs like this one

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