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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

copiar

to copy

  • #401 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: copiando
  • Past participle: copiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use copiar

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

  1. Present

    Minha filha copia tudo o que a irmã faz.

    My daughter copies everything her sister does.

  2. Past

    Eu copiei o endereço errado do e-mail.

    I copied the wrong address from the email.

  3. Future

    Vou copiar os arquivos para o pen drive.

    I'm going to copy the files to the flash drive.

  4. Imperfect

    Na escola, ele copiava a lição do colega.

    At school, he used to copy his classmate's homework.

  5. Conditional

    Eu copiaria a receita, mas ela não me deu.

    I would copy the recipe, but she didn't give it to me.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você copie o meu texto.

    I don't want you to copy my text.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele copiasse o modelo, terminaria em uma hora.

    If he copied the template, he'd finish in an hour.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando copiar o link, me manda por mensagem.

    When you copy the link, send it to me by message.

  9. Imperative

    Copie o código e cole no site.

    Copy the code and paste it on the site.

Good to know

  • "Copiar e colar" is copy and paste; at school, "colar" alone is to cheat.

Verbs like this one

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