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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

diminuir

to go down, to reduce

  • #272 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: diminuindo
  • Past participle: diminuído

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você go down!
  2. vocês go down! (all of you)

How to use diminuir

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

  1. Present

    O trânsito diminui depois das oito da noite.

    The traffic eases up after eight at night.

  2. Past

    A dor diminuiu com o remédio.

    The pain went down with the medicine.

  3. Future

    Vou diminuir o açúcar do café aos poucos.

    I'm going to cut down the sugar in my coffee little by little.

  4. Imperfect

    O barulho diminuía só de madrugada.

    The noise only died down in the small hours.

  5. Conditional

    Eu diminuiria a velocidade nessa curva.

    I would slow down on that curve.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o calor diminua essa semana.

    I hope the heat eases this week.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o aluguel diminuísse, a gente ficaria aqui.

    If the rent went down, we'd stay here.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a chuva diminuir, a gente sai.

    When the rain lets up, we'll go out.

  9. Imperative

    Diminua o fogo e deixe cozinhar mais dez minutos.

    Lower the heat and let it cook ten more minutes.

Good to know

  • "Diminuir" works both ways: the price "diminui" by itself, and you "diminui" the sound.

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