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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

doer

to hurt

  • #196 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: doendo
  • Past participle: doído

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. it hurts

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. it hurt

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. it is going to hurt

Imperfect

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

  1. it used to hurt

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. it would hurt

Present subjunctive

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

  1. (that) it hurt

Past subjunctive

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

  1. (if) it hurt

Future subjunctive

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

  1. (when) it hurts

How to use doer

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

  1. Present

    Minha cabeça dói desde cedo.

    My head has been hurting since early this morning.

  2. Past

    Doeu muito quando tirei o dente.

    It hurt a lot when I had the tooth out.

  3. Future

    Vai doer um pouquinho, mas passa rápido.

    It's going to hurt a little, but it goes away quickly.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu joelho doía toda vez que chovia.

    My knee used to hurt every time it rained.

  5. Conditional

    Doeria menos se você não mexesse.

    It would hurt less if you didn't touch it.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que não doa muito amanhã.

    I hope it doesn't hurt much tomorrow.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se doesse de verdade, eu ia ao médico.

    If it really hurt, I'd go to the doctor.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se doer de novo, tome o remédio.

    If it hurts again, take the medicine.

Good to know

  • The body part is the subject: minha cabeça dói, meus pés doem.
  • "Estar com dor de" says where it hurts: estou com dor de cabeça.

Where you hear doer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • A minha cabeça dói. My head hurts.
  • Doeu muito. It hurt a lot.
  • Não vai doer. It's not going to hurt.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • O meu corpo todo dói. My whole body hurts.
  • Ontem, o meu braço doeu. Yesterday, my arm hurt.
  • Amanhã não vai doer tanto. Tomorrow it won't hurt so much.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.