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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

fotografar

to photograph

  • #248 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: fotografando
  • Past participle: fotografado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use fotografar

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

  1. Present

    Eu fotografo tudo o que como nas viagens.

    I photograph everything I eat on trips.

  2. Past

    Ela fotografou o pôr do sol da varanda.

    She photographed the sunset from the balcony.

  3. Future

    Vou fotografar o documento e mandar por e-mail.

    I'm going to photograph the document and email it.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai fotografava casamentos nos fins de semana.

    My dad used to photograph weddings on weekends.

  5. Conditional

    Eu fotografaria a cidade de cima, de helicóptero.

    I'd photograph the city from above, from a helicopter.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que ninguém me fotografe hoje.

    I don't want anyone to photograph me today.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você fotografasse com mais luz, ficaria melhor.

    If you shot with more light, it would look better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando fotografar o prato, não use flash.

    When you photograph the dish, don't use flash.

  9. Imperative

    Fotografe a placa do carro, por via das dúvidas.

    Photograph the car's license plate, just in case.

Good to know

  • In conversation people say "tirar uma foto" more often than "fotografar".

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