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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

falecer

to pass away

  • #286 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: falecendo
  • Past participle: falecido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você pass away!
  2. vocês pass away! (all of you)

How to use falecer

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

  1. Present

    Quando alguém falece, a família avisa a paróquia.

    When someone passes away, the family tells the parish.

  2. Past

    Meu avô faleceu em paz, dormindo.

    My grandfather passed away peacefully, in his sleep.

  3. Future

    Todo mundo vai falecer um dia, é a vida.

    Everyone's going to pass away one day, that's life.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente muita criança falecia de sarampo.

    In the old days many children died of measles.

  5. Conditional

    Sem a cirurgia, ele faleceria em poucos meses.

    Without the surgery, he would pass away within months.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que ela faleça sozinha no hospital.

    I don't want her to pass away alone in the hospital.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele falecesse, a casa ficaria para os filhos.

    If he passed away, the house would go to the children.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando eu falecer, quero ser cremada.

    When I pass away, I want to be cremated.

  9. Imperative

    Não faleça antes dos cem anos, vovó!

    Don't pass away before a hundred, Grandma!

Good to know

  • "Falecer" is the gentle word, like "to pass away"; "morrer" is plain.

Where you hear falecer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Quando alguém falece, a casa fica quieta. When someone passes away, the house goes quiet.
  • O meu marido faleceu há quatro anos. My husband passed away four years ago.
  • Esse elevador vai falecer qualquer dia desses. This lift is going to give up the ghost one of these days.
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