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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

esquiar

to ski

  • #449 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: esquiando
  • Past participle: esquiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use esquiar

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

  1. Present

    Meu cunhado esquia muito bem.

    My brother-in-law skis very well.

  2. Past

    Nós esquiamos em Bariloche no inverno passado.

    We skied in Bariloche last winter.

  3. Future

    Eu vou esquiar pela primeira vez na vida.

    I'm going to ski for the first time in my life.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele esquiava todo ano quando morava no Chile.

    He skied every year when he lived in Chile.

  5. Conditional

    Eu esquiaria se não tivesse medo de cair.

    I'd ski if I weren't afraid of falling.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que vocês esquiem bastante nessa viagem.

    I hope you ski a lot on this trip.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu esquiasse melhor, iria na pista difícil.

    If I skied better, I'd go down the hard slope.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você esquiar, não esqueça o protetor solar.

    When you ski, don't forget the sunscreen.

  9. Imperative

    Esquie devagar na primeira descida.

    Ski slowly on the first run.

Where you hear esquiar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Muita gente aqui esquia no inverno. Lots of people here ski in winter.
  • Eu nunca esquiei na minha vida. I've never skied in my life.
  • Um dia eu vou esquiar. One day I'm going to ski.
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If Only It Snowed in Rio

Intermediate Level 3 · esquiar

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