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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desconfiar

to suspect

  • #177 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desconfiando
  • Past participle: desconfiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use desconfiar

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

  1. Present

    Eu desconfio que ele não vem.

    I suspect he's not coming.

  2. Past

    A polícia desconfiou do vizinho desde o começo.

    The police suspected the neighbor from the start.

  3. Future

    Se você chegar tarde, ela vai desconfiar.

    If you get home late, she's going to get suspicious.

  4. Imperfect

    Eu já desconfiava que era uma surpresa.

    I already suspected it was a surprise.

  5. Conditional

    Eu desconfiaria de um preço tão baixo.

    I'd be suspicious of such a low price.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que ele desconfie da festa.

    I don't want him to suspect the party.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela desconfiasse, teria perguntado.

    If she suspected, she would have asked.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você desconfiar de alguém, chame o segurança.

    If you suspect someone, call security.

  9. Imperative

    Desconfie de e-mail pedindo senha.

    Be suspicious of emails asking for your password.

Good to know

  • "Desconfiar de": "desconfio desse preço".

Where you hear desconfiar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu desconfio de alguma coisa. I suspect something.
  • Eu desconfiei da surpresa. I suspected the surprise.
  • Ela vai desconfiar se você ficar nervoso. She'll suspect if you get nervous.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A Dona Marta desconfia de tudo. Dona Marta suspects everything.
  • Eu desconfiei no Natal, na chamada de vídeo. I suspected it at Christmas, on the video call.
  • Ninguém vai desconfiar de nada. Nobody is going to suspect a thing.
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As If Nothing Were Happening

Intermediate Level 1 · desconfiar · desconfie · desconfiei

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It Hasn't Sunk In Yet

Intermediate Level 3 · desconfia · eu desconfiava

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