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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

duvidar

to doubt

  • #175 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: duvidando
  • Past participle: duvidado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use duvidar

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

  1. Present

    Eu duvido que ele chegue na hora.

    I doubt he'll arrive on time.

  2. Past

    Todo mundo duvidou de mim no começo.

    Everyone doubted me at the beginning.

  3. Future

    Ninguém vai duvidar da sua palavra.

    Nobody is going to doubt your word.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe sempre duvidava das minhas desculpas.

    My mother always doubted my excuses.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca duvidaria de um amigo assim.

    I would never doubt a friend like that.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você duvide de mim.

    I don't want you to doubt me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu duvidasse dele, não teria emprestado o carro.

    If I doubted him, I wouldn't have lent him the car.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você duvidar, é só perguntar para ela.

    If you have doubts, just ask her.

  9. Imperative

    Duvide sempre de promessa fácil demais.

    Always doubt a promise that's too easy.

Good to know

  • "Duvidar de" takes "de": "duvido disso", "duvido dele".

Where you hear duvidar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu duvido que ele venha. I doubt he's coming.
  • Ninguém duvidou dele. Nobody doubted him.
  • Ela vai duvidar de tudo. She's going to doubt everything.
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