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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desfilar

to parade

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desfilando
  • Past participle: desfilado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use desfilar

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

  1. Present

    Minha escola de samba desfila no domingo de Carnaval.

    My samba school parades on Carnival Sunday.

  2. Past

    Ela desfilou na avenida pela primeira vez este ano.

    She paraded on the avenue for the first time this year.

  3. Future

    Vou desfilar de fantasia com a minha filha.

    I'm going to parade in costume with my daughter.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô desfilava todo ano com a mesma ala.

    My grandfather paraded every year with the same section.

  5. Conditional

    Eu desfilaria se a fantasia não fosse tão pesada.

    I'd parade if the costume weren't so heavy.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que ela desfile com a gente este ano.

    I hope she parades with us this year.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu desfilasse, minha mãe iria assistir na arquibancada.

    If I paraded, my mom would watch from the stands.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você desfilar, eu grito seu nome da arquibancada.

    When you parade, I'll shout your name from the stands.

  9. Imperative

    Desfile sorrindo, o jurado está olhando!

    Parade smiling, the judge is watching!

Good to know

  • "Desfilar" is to parade in Carnival or to walk a runway; "desfile" is the parade or the fashion show.

Where you hear desfilar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1

  • A escola desfila no domingo de Carnaval. The school parades on Carnival Sunday.
  • Você desfilou muito bem, americano. You paraded very well, American.
  • Ano que vem a gente vai desfilar de novo. Next year we're going to parade again.
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Fluency Level 1 · Você vai desfilar na minha escola este ano.

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