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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

cobrar

to charge

  • #256 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: cobrando
  • Past participle: cobrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use cobrar

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

  1. Present

    Esse estacionamento cobra por hora.

    This parking lot charges by the hour.

  2. Past

    O eletricista cobrou duzentos reais pela visita.

    The electrician charged two hundred reais for the visit.

  3. Future

    Eles vão cobrar taxa de entrega?

    Are they going to charge a delivery fee?

  4. Imperfect

    Antes o banco cobrava por cada saque.

    The bank used to charge for every withdrawal.

  5. Conditional

    Quanto você cobraria para pintar a sala?

    How much would you charge to paint the living room?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que não cobrem a mais pela mala.

    I hope they don't charge extra for the suitcase.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles cobrassem menos, eu iria mais vezes.

    If they charged less, I'd go more often.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o garçom cobrar a sobremesa, reclame.

    If the waiter charges for the dessert, complain.

  9. Imperative

    Cobre o seu irmão, ele prometeu ligar.

    Chase your brother up, he promised to call.

Good to know

  • "Cobrar alguém" is also to chase someone up for something they owe or promised.

Where you hear cobrar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu cobro três mil por uma noite. I charge three thousand for a night.
  • O chef cobrou duzentos por pessoa. The chef charged two hundred per person.
  • Quanto ele vai cobrar? How much is he going to charge?
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