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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desligar

to switch off, to hang up

  • #225 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desligando
  • Past participle: desligado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você switch off!
  2. vocês switch off! (all of you)

How to use desligar

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

  1. Present

    Eu desligo o celular para dormir.

    I switch my phone off to sleep.

  2. Past

    Ela desligou na minha cara!

    She hung up on me!

  3. Future

    Vou desligar o ar-condicionado, está frio.

    I'm going to switch off the air conditioning, it's cold.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai desligava a televisão às dez em ponto.

    My dad used to turn off the TV at ten sharp.

  5. Conditional

    Eu desligaria as notificações se fosse você.

    I'd switch off the notifications if I were you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Preciso que vocês desliguem os computadores no fim do dia.

    I need you to shut down the computers at the end of the day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você desligasse a luz, economizaria energia.

    If you switched off the light, you'd save energy.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando desligar o ferro, tira da tomada.

    When you switch off the iron, unplug it.

  9. Imperative

    Desligue o som, o bebê está dormindo.

    Turn off the music, the baby is sleeping.

Good to know

  • "Desligar" is to switch off and to hang up the phone; "ligar" is the opposite of both.

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