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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

esfriar

to get cold

  • #221 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: esfriando
  • Past participle: esfriado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você get cold!
  2. vocês get cold! (all of you)

How to use esfriar

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

  1. Present

    O café esfria rápido nessa xícara.

    Coffee gets cold fast in this cup.

  2. Past

    A sopa esfriou enquanto a gente conversava.

    The soup got cold while we were talking.

  3. Future

    Come logo, senão vai esfriar.

    Eat up, or it's going to get cold.

  4. Imperfect

    Em junho, a noite esfriava bastante lá na serra.

    In June, nights got quite cold up in the hills.

  5. Conditional

    Sem a tampa, a comida esfriaria em minutos.

    Without the lid, the food would get cold in minutes.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que o tempo esfrie um pouco essa semana.

    I hope the weather cools down a bit this week.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se esfriasse mais, eu ligaria o aquecedor.

    If it got colder, I'd turn on the heater.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando o bolo esfriar, a gente corta.

    When the cake cools, we'll cut it.

  9. Imperative

    Esfrie a cabeça antes de responder essa mensagem.

    Cool your head before answering that message.

Good to know

  • Food and weather "esfriam"; a person "fica com frio" or "sente frio".

Where you hear esfriar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A comida esfria rápido. Food gets cold fast.
  • O café esfriou. The coffee has gone cold.
  • Come logo, senão vai esfriar. Eat now, or it's going to get cold.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A sopa esfria rápido. Soup gets cold quickly.
  • O chá esfriou. The tea has gone cold.
  • Come logo, que vai esfriar. Eat up, it's going to get cold.
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Intermediate Level 2 · esfria

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The Secret Is the Cheese

Intermediate Level 2 · esfriou

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Even If I Get Everything Wrong

Intermediate Level 3 · esfriando

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