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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

descansar

to rest

  • #180 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: descansando
  • Past participle: descansado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use descansar

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

  1. Present

    Eu descanso um pouco depois do almoço.

    I rest a little after lunch.

  2. Past

    Nas férias a gente descansou bastante.

    On vacation we rested a lot.

  3. Future

    No fim de semana eu vou descansar.

    This weekend I'm going to rest.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele nunca descansava, trabalhava até no domingo.

    He never rested, he even worked on Sundays.

  5. Conditional

    Eu descansaria mais se o bebê dormisse.

    I'd rest more if the baby slept.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que você descanse uma semana.

    The doctor wants you to rest for a week.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você descansasse um pouco, ficaria melhor.

    If you rested a bit, you'd feel better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando descansar, a gente conversa com calma.

    When you've rested, we'll talk calmly.

  9. Imperative

    Descanse bem, amanhã o dia é longo.

    Rest well, tomorrow is a long day.

Where you hear descansar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu descanso no domingo. I rest on Sunday.
  • Eu descansei em casa. I rested at home.
  • Você vai descansar amanhã. You're going to rest tomorrow.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A Nena nunca descansa. Nena never rests.
  • Depois do hospital, ela descansou um dia. Só um. After the hospital, she rested for one day. Just one.
  • A senhora vai descansar uma semana, dona Nena. You're going to rest for a week, Dona Nena.
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I Have a Headache

Beginner Level 1 · descansar

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Let's Hope It Wasn't Serious

Intermediate Level 2 · descansar

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She's Just Been Born

Intermediate Level 3 · descansa

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