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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

coçar

to itch, to scratch

  • #444 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: coçando
  • Past participle: coçado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use coçar

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

  1. Present

    A picada de mosquito coça a noite inteira.

    The mosquito bite itches all night long.

  2. Past

    Eu cocei tanto que fez ferida.

    I scratched so much it turned into a sore.

  3. Future

    Não encoste, você vai coçar e piorar.

    Don't touch it, you're going to scratch and make it worse.

  4. Imperfect

    O cachorro coçava a orelha sem parar.

    The dog kept scratching his ear nonstop.

  5. Conditional

    Com esse creme, a pele não coçaria tanto.

    With this cream, the skin wouldn't itch so much.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Passe a pomada antes que coce de novo.

    Put the ointment on before it itches again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu coçasse o olho, ficaria todo vermelho.

    If I scratched my eye, it would get all red.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se coçar muito, pode ser alergia.

    If it itches a lot, it could be an allergy.

  9. Imperative

    Não coce a picada, passe gelo.

    Don't scratch the bite, put ice on it.

Good to know

  • "Coçar" is both to itch and to scratch: "minha perna coça", "não coça a picada".
  • "Estar coçando" is "to be itching".

Verbs like this one

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