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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

congelar

to freeze

  • #471 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: congelando
  • Past participle: congelado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use congelar

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

  1. Present

    Eu congelo a comida em porções pequenas.

    I freeze food in small portions.

  2. Past

    O lago congelou durante a noite.

    The lake froze overnight.

  3. Future

    Vou congelar metade do feijão para a semana.

    I'm going to freeze half the beans for the week.

  4. Imperfect

    No inverno, a água do cano congelava.

    In winter, the water in the pipe would freeze.

  5. Conditional

    Eu congelaria o bolo que sobrou.

    I would freeze the leftover cake.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não deixe que a sopa congele na geladeira.

    Don't let the soup freeze in the fridge.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se congelasse aqui, eu nunca sairia de casa.

    If it froze here, I'd never leave the house.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se congelar a carne hoje, dura um mês.

    If you freeze the meat today, it keeps a month.

  9. Imperative

    Congele o pão fatiado, fica mais prático.

    Freeze the bread sliced, it's more practical.

Where you hear congelar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu congelo tudo que sobra. I freeze everything that's left over.
  • Eu congelei o resto da massa. I froze the rest of the dough.
  • Eu vou congelar o pão de queijo no Rio. I'm going to freeze the cheese bread in Rio.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O lago congela em janeiro. The lake freezes in January.
  • O meu nariz congelou lá fora. My nose froze outside.
  • Amanhã a água vai congelar. Tomorrow the water is going to freeze.
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The Secret Is the Cheese

Intermediate Level 2 · congelar

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It Must Have Stayed in Sao Paulo

Intermediate Level 3 · congelando

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