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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

comparar

to compare

  • #370 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: comparando
  • Past participle: comparado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use comparar

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

  1. Present

    Eu sempre comparo os preços antes de comprar.

    I always compare prices before buying.

  2. Past

    A gente comparou três hotéis e escolheu o mais barato.

    We compared three hotels and picked the cheapest.

  3. Future

    Vou comparar as passagens no site amanhã.

    I'm going to compare the tickets on the website tomorrow.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe sempre comparava a gente com os primos.

    My mom always compared us to our cousins.

  5. Conditional

    Eu não compararia os dois, são muito diferentes.

    I wouldn't compare the two, they're very different.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você me compare com o seu ex.

    I don't want you to compare me to your ex.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você comparasse os planos, veria a diferença.

    If you compared the plans, you'd see the difference.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando comparar os orçamentos, olhe o prazo também.

    When you compare the quotes, look at the deadline too.

  9. Imperative

    Compare os juros dos dois bancos antes de assinar.

    Compare the two banks' interest rates before signing.

Where you hear comparar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O Daniel compara tudo com Chicago. Daniel compares everything with Chicago.
  • Você comparou a Alice com a Maria! You compared Alice with Maria!
  • Eu não vou comparar mais. Prometo. I'm not going to compare any more. I promise.
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She's Just Been Born

Intermediate Level 3 · comparando

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