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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

emagrecer

to lose weight

  • #276 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: emagrecendo
  • Past participle: emagrecido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você lose weight!
  2. vocês lose weight! (all of you)

How to use emagrecer

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

  1. Present

    Ela emagrece com facilidade quando corre.

    She loses weight easily when she runs.

  2. Past

    Meu pai emagreceu dez quilos este ano.

    My dad lost ten kilos this year.

  3. Future

    Eu vou emagrecer para o verão.

    I'm going to lose weight for the summer.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando eu nadava, emagrecia sem fazer dieta.

    When I swam, I lost weight without dieting.

  5. Conditional

    Você emagreceria mais caminhando todo dia.

    You'd lose more weight walking every day.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que eu emagreça um pouco.

    The doctor wants me to lose a bit of weight.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele emagrecesse, as dores no joelho melhorariam.

    If he lost weight, the knee pain would get better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você emagrecer, essa calça vai servir.

    When you lose weight, these pants will fit.

  9. Imperative

    Emagreça com saúde, nada de dieta maluca.

    Lose weight healthily, no crazy diets.

Where you hear emagrecer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A Bia emagrece quando trabalha muito. Bia loses weight when she works a lot.
  • Você emagreceu, minha filha? Have you lost weight, my dear?
  • Até setembro, eu vou emagrecer um pouco. By September, I'm going to lose a little weight.
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Intermediate Level 2 · emagreceu

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