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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

engordar

to put on weight

  • #275 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: engordando
  • Past participle: engordado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use engordar

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

  1. Present

    Eu engordo só de olhar para um bolo.

    I put on weight just looking at a cake.

  2. Past

    Ele engordou cinco quilos nas férias.

    He put on five kilos over the holidays.

  3. Future

    Se eu continuar assim, vou engordar muito.

    If I keep going like this, I'm going to put on a lot of weight.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes eu comia de tudo e não engordava.

    I used to eat anything and never gained weight.

  5. Conditional

    Eu engordaria feliz comendo a comida da sua mãe.

    I'd happily put on weight eating your mother's food.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O veterinário não quer que o gato engorde mais.

    The vet doesn't want the cat to gain more weight.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você engordasse um pouco, ficaria bem.

    If you put on a little weight, you'd look fine.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eu engordar, compro roupa nova.

    If I gain weight, I'll buy new clothes.

  9. Imperative

    Engorde à vontade, você está magro demais!

    Gain all the weight you want, you're too thin!

Where you hear engordar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Quem come pão de queijo todo dia engorda. Whoever eats cheese bread every day puts on weight.
  • Eu engordei dois quilos este ano. I've put on two kilos this year.
  • Se você comer mais, você vai engordar. If you eat more, you're going to put on weight.
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Intermediate Level 2 · engordei

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Verbs like this one

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