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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

confirmar

to confirm

  • #263 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: confirmando
  • Past participle: confirmado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use confirmar

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

  1. Present

    O hotel confirma a reserva por e-mail.

    The hotel confirms the booking by email.

  2. Past

    Você confirmou a consulta de amanhã?

    Did you confirm tomorrow's appointment?

  3. Future

    Vou confirmar o horário com o dentista.

    I'm going to confirm the time with the dentist.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes a companhia aérea confirmava tudo por telefone.

    The airline used to confirm everything by phone.

  5. Conditional

    Eu confirmaria presença, mas ainda não sei se consigo ir.

    I'd RSVP, but I still don't know if I can go.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Preciso que você confirme o endereço de entrega.

    I need you to confirm the delivery address.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele confirmasse hoje, a gente fecharia a data.

    If he confirmed today, we'd set the date.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Assim que confirmarem o pagamento, eles enviam o pedido.

    As soon as they confirm payment, they ship the order.

  9. Imperative

    Confirme a sua presença até sexta-feira.

    Confirm your attendance by Friday.

Good to know

  • "Confirmar presença" is to RSVP; "confirma?" asks "is that right?".

Verbs like this one

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