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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

escutar

to listen

  • #139 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: escutando
  • Past participle: escutado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use escutar

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

  1. Present

    Eu escuto música enquanto trabalho.

    I listen to music while I work.

  2. Past

    Você escutou o que o médico falou?

    Did you listen to what the doctor said?

  3. Future

    Eu vou escutar o áudio no caminho de casa.

    I'm going to listen to the audio on the way home.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai escutava rádio no carro todo dia.

    My dad used to listen to the radio in the car every day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu escutaria o conselho dela, ela entende disso.

    I'd listen to her advice, she knows about that.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você me escute com atenção.

    I want you to listen to me carefully.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele escutasse mais, erraria menos.

    If he listened more, he'd make fewer mistakes.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando escutar um barulho, me chame.

    When you hear a noise, call me.

  9. Imperative

    Escute essa música, você vai adorar.

    Listen to this song, you're going to love it.

Good to know

  • "Ouvir" is to hear and "escutar" is to listen with attention, though many Brazilians use either for both.

Where you hear escutar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu escuto o rádio todo dia de manhã. I listen to the radio every morning.
  • Ontem eu escutei música caipira o dia todo. Yesterday I listened to country music all day.
  • Agora vocês vão escutar uma história. Now you're going to hear a story.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu escuto tudo o que acontece lá em cima. I hear everything that happens up there.
  • Você escutou a campainha? Did you hear the doorbell?
  • Eu vou escutar essa lição de novo amanhã. I'm going to listen to this lesson again tomorrow.
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We Ended Up Finding a Band

Intermediate Level 2 · escuta

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Bigger and Bigger

Intermediate Level 3 · escuto

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The Sooner the Better

Intermediate Level 3 · escutem

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Verbs like this one

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