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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

demorar

to take time, to be slow

  • #149 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: demorando
  • Past participle: demorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você take time!
  2. vocês take time! (all of you)

How to use demorar

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

  1. Present

    O ônibus demora uns vinte minutos para passar.

    The bus takes about twenty minutes to come.

  2. Past

    Desculpa, eu demorei no banco.

    Sorry, I took a while at the bank.

  3. Future

    Não vou demorar, só pego a carteira.

    I won't be long, I'm just getting my wallet.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes a entrega demorava uma semana.

    Delivery used to take a week.

  5. Conditional

    De carro, a gente demoraria metade do tempo.

    By car, we'd take half the time.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o médico não demore muito.

    I hope the doctor doesn't take long.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a fila demorasse menos, eu viria mais vezes.

    If the line were quicker, I'd come more often.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eu demorar, pode começar sem mim.

    If I'm late, you can start without me.

  9. Imperative

    Não demore, o filme começa às oito.

    Don't be long, the movie starts at eight.

Good to know

  • "Demora?" asks "will it take long?"; "não demoro" is "I won't be long".

Where you hear demorar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • O ônibus está demorando. The bus is taking a long time.
  • Demorei para encontrar a cópia. It took me a while to find the copy.
  • Não vou demorar. I won't be long.
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It Will Be Sent by Post

Intermediate Level 1 · demorando

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Will You Marry Me?

Intermediate Level 1 · demorei

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