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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

estourar

to burst, to pop

  • #433 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: estourando
  • Past participle: estourado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use estourar

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

  1. Present

    Toda festa alguém estoura uma bexiga perto de mim.

    At every party someone pops a balloon near me.

  2. Past

    O pneu estourou no meio da estrada.

    The tire blew out in the middle of the highway.

  3. Future

    Vou estourar pipoca para o filme.

    I'm going to pop popcorn for the movie.

  4. Imperfect

    A gente estourava bombinha na festa junina.

    We used to set off firecrackers at the June festival.

  5. Conditional

    Com essa reforma, eu estouraria o orçamento.

    With this renovation, I'd blow the budget.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Cuidado para que a panela de pressão não estoure.

    Be careful the pressure cooker doesn't burst.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a bexiga estourasse, o bebê choraria.

    If the balloon popped, the baby would cry.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se estourar o cano, feche o registro.

    If the pipe bursts, close the main valve.

  9. Imperative

    Não estoure o champanhe antes da meia-noite!

    Don't pop the champagne before midnight!

Good to know

  • "Estourar pipoca" is to pop popcorn; "estourar o orçamento" is to blow the budget.

Where you hear estourar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O Pipoca late toda vez que um balão estoura. Pipoca barks every time a balloon pops.
  • A bolsa estourou às duas da manhã. My waters broke at two in the morning.
  • Cuidado, esse balão vai estourar! Careful, that balloon is going to pop!
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