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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

costurar

to sew

  • #482 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: costurando
  • Past participle: costurado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use costurar

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

  1. Present

    Minha avó ainda costura a própria roupa.

    My grandmother still sews her own clothes.

  2. Past

    Eu costurei o botão da camisa sozinho.

    I sewed the shirt button on by myself.

  3. Future

    A costureira vai costurar a barra da calça.

    The seamstress is going to hem the pants.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe costurava à noite, depois do trabalho.

    My mother used to sew at night, after work.

  5. Conditional

    Eu costuraria a fantasia, mas não tenho máquina.

    I'd sew the costume, but I don't have a machine.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você costure esse rasgo antes da festa.

    I want you to sew up this tear before the party.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu costurasse bem, faria minhas cortinas.

    If I sewed well, I'd make my own curtains.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando costurar o zíper, use a linha preta.

    When you sew the zipper, use the black thread.

  9. Imperative

    Costure o bolso por dentro para não aparecer.

    Sew the pocket from the inside so it doesn't show.

Good to know

  • The seamstress is the "costureira"; "costurar um botão" is to sew a button on.

Verbs like this one

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