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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

dividir

to share

  • #269 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: dividindo
  • Past participle: dividido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use dividir

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

  1. Present

    Eu divido o apartamento com duas amigas.

    I share the apartment with two friends.

  2. Past

    A gente dividiu a conta no final.

    We split the bill at the end.

  3. Future

    Vamos dividir a pizza em oito pedaços.

    Let's split the pizza into eight slices.

  4. Imperfect

    Na infância, eu dividia o quarto com meu irmão.

    As a child, I shared a room with my brother.

  5. Conditional

    Eu dividiria o táxi com você, se quiser.

    I would share the taxi with you, if you like.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Prefiro que a gente divida as despesas.

    I'd rather we split the expenses.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se vocês dividissem as tarefas, sobraria tempo.

    If you shared the chores, there'd be time left.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a gente dividir a conta, eu pago a minha.

    When we split the bill, I'll pay mine.

  9. Imperative

    Dividam o bolo com os primos.

    Share the cake with your cousins.

Good to know

  • "Dividir a conta" is to split the bill; "rachar" is the casual word.

Where you hear dividir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu divido o apartamento com uma amiga. I share the flat with a friend.
  • Nós dividimos a conta. We shared the bill.
  • Eu vou dividir o aluguel com uma amiga. I'm going to share the rent with a friend.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A gente sempre divide a conta. We always split the bill.
  • Eles dividiram o bolo em oito pedaços. They split the cake into eight pieces.
  • As duas famílias vão dividir as despesas. The two families are going to split the costs.
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A Flat for Two

Beginner Level 3 · dividir · eu divido

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Half, a Third, and the Rest

Intermediate Level 2 · dividir as despesas

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The Room in Which

Intermediate Level 3 · dividia

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