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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

dirigir

to drive

  • #213 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: dirigindo
  • Past participle: dirigido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use dirigir

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

  1. Present

    Eu dirijo devagar quando está chovendo.

    I drive slowly when it's raining.

  2. Past

    Meu pai dirigiu dez horas até a praia.

    My father drove ten hours to the beach.

  3. Future

    Quem vai dirigir na volta da festa?

    Who's going to drive back from the party?

  4. Imperfect

    Antes eu dirigia todo dia pro trabalho.

    I used to drive to work every day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu dirigiria à noite, mas enxergo mal.

    I would drive at night, but I see poorly.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Prefiro que você dirija, eu bebi um pouco.

    I'd rather you drive, I drank a little.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu dirigisse, chegaríamos em três horas.

    If I drove, we'd arrive in three hours.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você dirigir no Rio, tenha paciência.

    When you drive in Rio, be patient.

  9. Imperative

    Dirija com cuidado, a estrada está escorregadia.

    Drive carefully, the road is slippery.

Good to know

  • "Dirigir" is to drive a car; the driver's license is the "carteira de motorista" or "CNH".

Where you hear dirigir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu dirijo todo dia. I drive every day.
  • Eu dirigi seis horas. I drove for six hours.
  • Quem vai dirigir? Who's going to drive?

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • No Rio, eu não dirijo. Eu vou de metrô. In Rio, I don't drive. I take the metro.
  • Eu dirigi de Belo Horizonte até a fazenda. I drove from Belo Horizonte to the farm.
  • Um dia, eu vou dirigir no Rio. Talvez. One day, I'm going to drive in Rio. Maybe.
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A Car for a Week

Beginner Level 3 · dirigir · eu dirijo · você dirige

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We Missed the Exit

Beginner Level 3 · dirigindo

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It Was Working This Morning

Beginner Level 3 · Eu estava dirigindo.

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Unless You Pay in Cash

Intermediate Level 3 · dirija

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