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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

cometer

to make, of a mistake

  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: cometendo
  • Past participle: cometido

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use cometer

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

  1. Present

    Todo mundo comete erros no primeiro dia.

    Everyone makes mistakes on the first day.

  2. Past

    Eu cometi um erro feio na planilha ontem.

    I made a bad mistake in the spreadsheet yesterday.

  3. Future

    Se correr, você vai cometer o mesmo erro de novo.

    If you rush, you're going to make the same mistake again.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes eu cometia muitos erros de concordância.

    I used to make a lot of agreement mistakes.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca cometeria uma injustiça dessas.

    I would never commit an injustice like that.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Revise tudo para que a gente não cometa nenhuma falha.

    Review everything so that we don't make any slip.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele cometesse outro erro, perderia o emprego.

    If he made another mistake, he'd lose his job.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você cometer um erro, assuma e corrija.

    If you make a mistake, own it and fix it.

  9. Imperative

    Não cometa a besteira de dirigir depois de beber.

    Don't do something stupid like driving after drinking.

Good to know

  • "Cometer um erro" is to make a mistake, never "fazer um erro"; "cometer um crime" is to commit a crime.

Where you hear cometer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 1

  • Todo mundo comete erros, até o cartório. Everybody makes mistakes, even the registry office.
  • Eu cometi um erro no formulário do consulado. I made a mistake on the consulate's form.
  • Com o sistema novo, a gente não vai cometer o mesmo erro. With the new system, we won't make the same mistake.
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It Says Magdalena

Advanced Level 1 · Então o erro foi cometido pelo cartório.

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