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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

desmaiar

to faint

  • #280 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desmaiando
  • Past participle: desmaiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use desmaiar

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

  1. Present

    Ela sempre desmaia quando vê sangue.

    She always faints when she sees blood.

  2. Past

    Meu primo desmaiou de calor no show.

    My cousin fainted from the heat at the concert.

  3. Future

    Se eu não comer, vou desmaiar.

    If I don't eat, I'm going to faint.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente eu desmaiava toda vez que tirava sangue.

    I used to faint every time I had blood drawn.

  5. Conditional

    Eu desmaiaria se visse uma barata desse tamanho.

    I would faint if I saw a cockroach that size.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Sente aqui antes que você desmaie.

    Sit here before you faint.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se alguém desmaiasse aqui, eu não saberia o que fazer.

    If someone fainted here, I wouldn't know what to do.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se ela desmaiar de novo, chame o médico.

    If she faints again, call the doctor.

  9. Imperative

    Não desmaie agora, respire fundo!

    Don't faint now, take a deep breath!

Where you hear desmaiar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Ela desmaia quando faz muito calor. She faints when it's very hot.
  • A pressão dela caiu, e ela desmaiou. Her blood pressure dropped, and she fainted.
  • Se ela não beber água, ela vai desmaiar de novo. If she doesn't drink water, she's going to faint again.
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Intermediate Level 2 · ela desmaiou · desmaiei

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