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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

enganar

to deceive, to fool

  • #359 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: enganando
  • Past participle: enganado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use enganar

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

  1. Present

    Essa loja engana os turistas com preços altos.

    That shop fools tourists with high prices.

  2. Past

    Eu me enganei de rua e cheguei atrasado.

    I got the wrong street and arrived late.

  3. Future

    Ele não vai me enganar duas vezes.

    He's not going to fool me twice.

  4. Imperfect

    O vendedor enganava os clientes na balança.

    The seller used to cheat customers on the scale.

  5. Conditional

    Uma foto dessas enganaria qualquer um.

    A photo like that would fool anyone.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Cuidado para que ninguém engane você na feira.

    Be careful nobody rips you off at the market.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele me enganasse, eu nunca mais voltaria.

    If he deceived me, I'd never come back.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você se enganar de ônibus, desça no próximo ponto.

    If you get the wrong bus, get off at the next stop.

  9. Imperative

    Não se engane, esse caminho é mais longo.

    Don't be fooled, that way is longer.

Good to know

  • "Se enganar" is to be mistaken: "me enganei de ônibus"; "não se engane" is "don't be fooled".

Verbs like this one

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