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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

fingir

to pretend

  • #360 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: fingindo
  • Past participle: fingido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use fingir

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

  1. Present

    Ele finge que não entende português.

    He pretends he doesn't understand Portuguese.

  2. Past

    Eu fingi que estava dormindo.

    I pretended I was asleep.

  3. Future

    Vou fingir que não ouvi isso.

    I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

  4. Imperfect

    As crianças fingiam que o sofá era um barco.

    The kids pretended the couch was a boat.

  5. Conditional

    Eu fingiria surpresa, mas já sei da festa.

    I'd fake surprise, but I already know about the party.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você finja gostar.

    I don't want you to pretend to like it.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele fingisse melhor, ninguém notaria.

    If he pretended better, nobody would notice.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se ela fingir que está tudo bem, não insista.

    If she pretends everything's fine, don't push.

  9. Imperative

    Finja que não me conhece, depois eu explico.

    Pretend you don't know me, I'll explain later.

Good to know

  • "Fingir que": "fingiu que não me viu".

Where you hear fingir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Ele finge que não ouve nada. He pretends not to hear anything.
  • Eu fingi que estava tudo bem. I pretended everything was all right.
  • Eu vou fingir que não sei de nada. I'm going to pretend I don't know anything.
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Intermediate Level 1 · fingir · finge · fingindo

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