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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

explicar

to explain

  • #147 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: explicando
  • Past participle: explicado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use explicar

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

  1. Present

    O professor explica tudo com calma.

    The teacher explains everything calmly.

  2. Past

    Ela explicou o caminho duas vezes.

    She explained the way twice.

  3. Future

    Eu vou explicar as regras do jogo.

    I'm going to explain the rules of the game.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai explicava matemática com laranjas.

    My father used to explain math with oranges.

  5. Conditional

    Eu explicaria melhor com um desenho.

    I'd explain it better with a drawing.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você me explique isso de novo.

    I want you to explain that to me again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele explicasse devagar, eu entenderia.

    If he explained slowly, I'd understand.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando explicar o problema, mostre o recibo.

    When you explain the problem, show the receipt.

  9. Imperative

    Explique de novo, por favor, não entendi.

    Explain it again, please, I didn't understand.

Where you hear explicar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Ela explica muito bem. She explains very well.
  • Ele explicou o problema. He explained the problem.
  • Eu vou explicar de novo. I'm going to explain again.
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What Did She Say?

Beginner Level 2 · explicar

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