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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

fritar

to fry

  • #467 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: fritando
  • Past participle: fritado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use fritar

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

  1. Present

    Minha mãe frita o peixe na sexta-feira.

    My mother fries fish on Fridays.

  2. Past

    Eu fritei umas batatas para o lanche.

    I fried some potatoes for a snack.

  3. Future

    Hoje a gente vai fritar pastel para o jantar.

    Today we're going to fry pastéis for dinner.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó fritava bolinho de chuva aos domingos.

    My grandmother used to fry bolinhos de chuva on Sundays.

  5. Conditional

    Eu fritaria a carne, mas acabou o óleo.

    I'd fry the meat, but we're out of oil.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você frite nada hoje.

    I don't want you to fry anything today.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente fritasse menos, comeria melhor.

    If we fried less, we'd eat better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando fritar o ovo, deixe a gema mole.

    When you fry the egg, leave the yolk runny.

  9. Imperative

    Frite a cebola primeiro, depois coloque o alho.

    Fry the onion first, then add the garlic.

Good to know

  • "Frito" is the adjective, "ovo frito"; after "ter", Brazilians say both "tinha fritado" and "tinha frito".

Where you hear fritar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • A baiana frita o acarajé na hora. The lady fries the fritter on the spot.
  • A minha mãe fritou peixe ontem. My mother fried fish yesterday.
  • Eu vou fritar um ovo. I'm going to fry an egg.
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