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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

encurtar

to shorten

  • #481 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: encurtando
  • Past participle: encurtado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use encurtar

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

  1. Present

    Esse caminho encurta a viagem em meia hora.

    This route shortens the trip by half an hour.

  2. Past

    A costureira encurtou a calça dois dedos.

    The seamstress shortened the pants by two fingers.

  3. Future

    Eu vou encurtar o vestido para o casamento.

    I'm going to shorten the dress for the wedding.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó encurtava as calças de todo mundo.

    My grandmother used to shorten everyone's pants.

  5. Conditional

    Uma ponte aqui encurtaria muito o caminho.

    A bridge here would shorten the way a lot.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Peça que ela encurte a manga um pouco.

    Ask her to shorten the sleeve a little.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a reunião encurtasse, a gente almoçaria junto.

    If the meeting were shorter, we'd have lunch together.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você encurtar a saia, vai ficar melhor.

    If you shorten the skirt, it'll look better.

  9. Imperative

    Encurte o texto, está muito longo.

    Shorten the text, it's too long.

Where you hear encurtar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A gente encurta o vestido aqui na loja. We shorten the dress here in the shop.
  • A costureira encurtou o vestido. The dressmaker shortened the dress.
  • Eu vou encurtar a manga. I'm going to shorten the sleeve.
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A Dress That Is Simple

Intermediate Level 2 · encurtado

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