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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

escorregar

to slip

  • #440 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: escorregando
  • Past participle: escorregado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use escorregar

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

  1. Present

    O chão do banheiro escorrega quando está molhado.

    The bathroom floor is slippery when it's wet.

  2. Past

    Eu escorreguei na calçada e quase caí.

    I slipped on the sidewalk and almost fell.

  3. Future

    Você vai escorregar com esse chinelo na chuva.

    You're going to slip in those flip-flops in the rain.

  4. Imperfect

    O copo escorregava da minha mão de tanto suor.

    The glass kept slipping out of my sweaty hand.

  5. Conditional

    Com sapato de salto, eu escorregaria nessa escada.

    In heels, I'd slip on these stairs.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Segure o corrimão para que você não escorregue.

    Hold the handrail so you don't slip.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela escorregasse ali, se machucaria feio.

    If she slipped there, she'd get badly hurt.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o pneu escorregar, tire o pé do acelerador.

    If the tire slips, take your foot off the gas.

  9. Imperative

    Não escorregue, acabei de passar pano no chão.

    Don't slip, I just mopped the floor.

Where you hear escorregar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Todo inverno, alguém escorrega na calçada. Every winter, somebody slips on the pavement.
  • A bola escorregou da minha mão. The ball slipped out of my hand.
  • Cuidado, você vai escorregar! Careful, you're going to slip!
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If Only It Snowed in Rio

Intermediate Level 3 · escorregou · escorrega

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