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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

esquentar

to heat up, to get warm

  • #222 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: esquentando
  • Past participle: esquentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você heat up!
  2. vocês heat up! (all of you)

How to use esquentar

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

  1. Present

    Eu esquento o almoço no micro-ondas.

    I heat up lunch in the microwave.

  2. Past

    O dia esquentou muito depois do meio-dia.

    The day got really hot after noon.

  3. Future

    Vou esquentar a sopa para você.

    I'm going to heat up the soup for you.

  4. Imperfect

    A gente esquentava a água no fogão para o banho.

    We used to heat water on the stove for baths.

  5. Conditional

    Eu esquentaria o pão, fica mais gostoso.

    I'd warm up the bread, it tastes better.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Deixa que o forno esquente antes de colocar o bolo.

    Let the oven heat up before putting the cake in.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o tempo esquentasse, a gente iria à praia.

    If the weather warmed up, we'd go to the beach.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a água esquentar, coloca o macarrão.

    When the water heats up, put the pasta in.

  9. Imperative

    Esquente o leite, mas não deixe ferver.

    Heat the milk, but don't let it boil.

Good to know

  • "Esquentar a cabeça" is to worry; "não esquenta!" is "don't worry about it".

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