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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desaparecer

to disappear

  • #294 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: desaparecendo
  • Past participle: desaparecido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use desaparecer

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

  1. Present

    Meus óculos sempre desaparecem quando eu mais preciso.

    My glasses always disappear when I need them most.

  2. Past

    O gato desapareceu por três dias e voltou magro.

    The cat disappeared for three days and came back thin.

  3. Future

    Essa mancha vai desaparecer com um pouco de água quente.

    This stain will disappear with a bit of hot water.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu irmão desaparecia a tarde inteira para jogar bola.

    My brother would disappear all afternoon to play soccer.

  5. Conditional

    Sem aquele remédio, a dor não desapareceria tão rápido.

    Without that medicine, the pain wouldn't go away so fast.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que essa chuva desapareça até o fim de semana.

    I hope this rain is gone by the weekend.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o barulho desaparecesse, eu dormiria muito melhor.

    If the noise went away, I'd sleep much better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a febre desaparecer, ele pode voltar para a escola.

    When the fever goes away, he can go back to school.

  9. Imperative

    Não desapareça assim de novo, a gente ficou preocupado.

    Don't disappear like that again, we were worried.

Good to know

  • "Sumir" is the everyday word; "desaparecer" is a little more serious, the one the news uses.
  • "Desaparecer do mapa" is to drop off the map, to vanish without a word.

Verbs like this one

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