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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

espirrar

to sneeze

  • #282 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: espirrando
  • Past participle: espirrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use espirrar

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

  1. Present

    Eu espirro toda vez que chego perto de um gato.

    I sneeze every time I get near a cat.

  2. Past

    Ele espirrou três vezes seguidas na reunião.

    He sneezed three times in a row in the meeting.

  3. Future

    Com essa poeira toda, você vai espirrar.

    With all this dust, you're going to sneeze.

  4. Imperfect

    Na primavera eu espirrava o dia inteiro.

    In spring I used to sneeze all day long.

  5. Conditional

    Eu espirraria menos se limpasse o quarto.

    I'd sneeze less if I cleaned my room.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o bebê não espirre no bolo.

    I hope the baby doesn't sneeze on the cake.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu espirrasse agora, acordaria todo mundo.

    If I sneezed now, I'd wake everyone up.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando espirrar, vire o rosto para o outro lado.

    When you sneeze, turn your face the other way.

  9. Imperative

    Espirre no lenço, não na mão.

    Sneeze into the tissue, not your hand.

Good to know

  • After a sneeze Brazilians say "saúde!"; "espirrar" is also what water or hot oil does when it splashes.

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