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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

comemorar

to celebrate

  • #311 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: comemorando
  • Past participle: comemorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use comemorar

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

  1. Present

    A gente comemora o Natal na casa da minha sogra.

    We celebrate Christmas at my mother-in-law's.

  2. Past

    Ontem nós comemoramos dez anos de casados.

    Yesterday we celebrated ten years of marriage.

  3. Future

    Eles vão comemorar o aniversário na praia.

    They're going to celebrate the birthday at the beach.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha família comemorava tudo com churrasco.

    My family used to celebrate everything with a barbecue.

  5. Conditional

    Eu comemoraria com uma viagem.

    I would celebrate with a trip.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que a gente comemore juntos.

    I want us to celebrate together.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o time ganhasse, a cidade comemoraria a noite toda.

    If the team won, the city would celebrate all night.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando comemorarem a formatura, me chamem.

    When you celebrate your graduation, invite me.

  9. Imperative

    Comemore hoje, você merece essa festa!

    Celebrate today, you deserve this party!

Where you hear comemorar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Nós sempre comemoramos juntos. We always celebrate together.
  • Nós comemoramos no café do Rafael. We celebrated at Rafael's cafe.
  • Vamos comemorar no sábado! Let's celebrate on Saturday!

Verbs like this one

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