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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

fechar

to close, to book

  • #126 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: fechando
  • Past participle: fechado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use fechar

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

  1. Present

    A farmácia fecha às dez da noite.

    The pharmacy closes at ten at night.

  2. Past

    A gente fechou o hotel para julho.

    We booked the hotel for July.

  3. Future

    Eu vou fechar a janela, está ventando.

    I'm going to close the window, it's windy.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai fechava a loja todo dia às seis.

    My dad closed the shop at six every day.

  5. Conditional

    Eu fecharia com essa empresa sem pensar duas vezes.

    I'd close with that company without thinking twice.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a gente feche o contrato ainda hoje.

    I hope we close the contract today.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você fechasse a porta, o ar ficaria mais frio.

    If you closed the door, the air would get colder.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a loja fechar, me liga.

    When the shop closes, call me.

  9. Imperative

    Feche o guarda-chuva antes de entrar.

    Close your umbrella before coming in.

Good to know

  • "Fechar negócio" or "fechar com alguém" is to close a deal; "fechou?" means "deal?".

Where you hear fechar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Muita gente fecha no primeiro dia. A lot of people book on the first day.
  • A gente fechou com a cerimonialista. We booked the wedding planner.
  • A gente vai fechar o bufê depois da degustação. We're going to book the caterer after the tasting.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O Tom sempre fecha os olhos nas fotos. Tom always closes his eyes in photos.
  • O Tom fechou os olhos de novo. Tom closed his eyes again.
  • Dessa vez, ninguém vai fechar os olhos. This time, nobody is going to close their eyes.
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We'd Like You to Take Care of Everything

Intermediate Level 2 · para fechar

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It's a Good Sign

Intermediate Level 2 · fecha

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Without Anyone Seeing

Intermediate Level 3 · fechou

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Nobody Is Born Knowing

Intermediate Level 3 · fechados

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Verbs like this one

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