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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

economizar

to save

  • #257 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: economizando
  • Past participle: economizado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use economizar

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

  1. Present

    A gente economiza bastante cozinhando em casa.

    We save a lot by cooking at home.

  2. Past

    Eu economizei o ano inteiro para essa viagem.

    I saved all year for this trip.

  3. Future

    Eles vão economizar para comprar um carro.

    They're going to save up to buy a car.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe economizava cada centavo do salário.

    My mother used to save every cent of her salary.

  5. Conditional

    Você economizaria muito andando de bicicleta.

    You'd save a lot by riding a bike.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É importante que vocês economizem água no banho.

    It's important that you save water in the shower.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente economizasse mais, viajaria todo ano.

    If we saved more, we'd travel every year.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você economizar o suficiente, a gente se muda.

    When you've saved enough, we'll move.

  9. Imperative

    Economize energia, desligue as luzes ao sair.

    Save energy, turn off the lights when you leave.

Good to know

  • "Economizar" is to save money or time by spending less; "guardar dinheiro" is to put money aside.

Where you hear economizar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A gente economiza um pouco todo mês. We save a little every month.
  • A gente economizou muito este ano. We saved a lot this year.
  • A gente vai economizar até setembro. We're going to save until September.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A gente economiza todo mês. We save every month.
  • Eu economizei durante dez anos. I saved for ten years.
  • A gente vai economizar para a casa. We're going to save for the house.
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Half, a Third, and the Rest

Intermediate Level 2 · economizar · economizando · economizou

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It Had Been Months Since I'd Heard That Accent

Intermediate Level 3 · economizei

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The Room in Which

Intermediate Level 3 · economizando

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Verbs like this one

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