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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

conferir

to check

  • #264 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: conferindo
  • Past participle: conferido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use conferir

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

  1. Present

    Eu sempre confiro o troco antes de sair.

    I always check the change before leaving.

  2. Past

    Você conferiu se o gás está desligado?

    Did you check if the gas is off?

  3. Future

    Vou conferir a reserva do hotel agora.

    I'm going to check the hotel reservation now.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe conferia a minha mochila todo dia.

    My mom checked my backpack every day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu conferiria o endereço antes de pedir o táxi.

    I'd check the address before calling the cab.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você confira a lista de novo.

    I want you to check the list again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente conferisse a conta, veria o erro.

    If we checked the bill, we'd see the mistake.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando conferir o pedido, veja se veio o molho.

    When you check the order, see if the sauce came.

  9. Imperative

    Confira o horário do voo mais uma vez.

    Check the flight time one more time.

Good to know

  • "Confere?" after a number or an order means "is that right?".

Where you hear conferir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu confiro o pedido duas vezes. I check the order twice.
  • Eu conferi tudo de novo. I checked everything again.
  • Da próxima vez, eu vou conferir tudo. Next time, I'm going to check everything.
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It Was Supposed to Be Ready Yesterday

Intermediate Level 3 · conferido

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.