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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desistir

to give up

  • #305 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: desistindo
  • Past participle: desistido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você give up!
  2. vocês give up! (all of you)

How to use desistir

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

  1. Present

    Eu não desisto fácil das coisas.

    I don't give up on things easily.

  2. Past

    Ela desistiu do curso de inglês no meio.

    She gave up on the English course halfway through.

  3. Future

    Eu não vou desistir desse sonho.

    I'm not going to give up on this dream.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes ele desistia de tudo na primeira dificuldade.

    He used to give up on everything at the first difficulty.

  5. Conditional

    Eu desistiria da viagem se chovesse muito.

    I would give up on the trip if it rained a lot.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você desista agora.

    I don't want you to give up now.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente desistisse, perderia o dinheiro da inscrição.

    If we gave up, we'd lose the registration fee.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se ele desistir, eu fico com a vaga dele.

    If he drops out, I'll take his spot.

  9. Imperative

    Não desistam, falta pouco para o fim!

    Don't give up, there's not much left to the end!

Good to know

  • "Desistir de" is to give up on something: "desisti do curso".

Where you hear desistir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A gente não desiste. We don't give up.
  • Ele desistiu da viagem. He gave up on the trip.
  • Eu nunca vou desistir. I'm never going to give up.
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If We Had Known

Intermediate Level 2 · desistir · A gente não desiste.

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