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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

convencer

to convince

  • #363 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: convencendo
  • Past participle: convencido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use convencer

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

  1. Present

    Você me convence com esse sorriso.

    You convince me with that smile.

  2. Past

    A minha irmã me convenceu a ir à festa.

    My sister convinced me to go to the party.

  3. Future

    Eu vou convencer meu pai a vender o carro.

    I'm going to convince my dad to sell the car.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele sempre convencia a mãe a deixar a gente sair.

    He always talked his mother into letting us go out.

  5. Conditional

    Nada me convenceria a pular de paraquedas.

    Nothing would convince me to skydive.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que ela convença o chefe a mudar a reunião.

    I hope she convinces the boss to move the meeting.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você me convencesse, eu iria junto.

    If you convinced me, I'd go with you.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eu convencer o João, a gente vai de carro.

    If I convince João, we'll go by car.

  9. Imperative

    Me convença de que vale a pena.

    Convince me that it's worth it.

Good to know

  • "Convencer alguém a fazer" is to talk someone into doing something.

Where you hear convencer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Ela me convence com bons argumentos. She convinces me with good arguments.
  • Você me convenceu ontem. You convinced me yesterday.
  • A gente vai tentar convencer a nossa família. We're going to try to convince our family.
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It's All the Same to Me

Intermediate Level 2 · convencer a sua avó · convenceu

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