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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

demitir

to fire, to dismiss

  • #334 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: demitindo
  • Past participle: demitido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use demitir

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

  1. Present

    Essa empresa demite gente todo fim de ano.

    That company lays people off every year-end.

  2. Past

    Eles demitiram metade da equipe em março.

    They fired half the team in March.

  3. Future

    O chefe vai demitir quem chegar atrasado de novo.

    The boss is going to fire whoever shows up late again.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente, a fábrica raramente demitia alguém.

    In the old days, the factory rarely fired anyone.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca demitiria alguém por telefone.

    I would never fire someone over the phone.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tenho medo que a empresa me demita.

    I'm afraid the company will fire me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles me demitissem, eu abriria meu negócio.

    If they fired me, I'd start my own business.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o chefe demitir mais alguém, eu peço as contas.

    If the boss fires anyone else, I'm quitting.

  9. Imperative

    Não demita ninguém sem conversar antes.

    Don't fire anyone without talking first.

Good to know

  • "Ser demitido" is to be fired; "pedir demissão" is to quit, and "se demitir" too.

Verbs like this one

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