Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- eu I work
- você, ele, ela, a gente you work
- nós we work
- vocês, eles, elas you all work
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB
funcionar
to work, for a thing
- #105 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: funcionando
- Past participle: funcionado
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions
- eu I worked
- você, ele, ela, a gente you worked
- nós we worked
- vocês, eles, elas you all worked
Future
Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”
- eu I am going to work
- você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to work
- nós we are going to work
- vocês, eles, elas you all are going to work
Imperfect
Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”
- eu I used to work
- você, ele, ela, a gente you used to work
- nós we used to work
- vocês, eles, elas you all used to work
Conditional
Futuro do Pretérito · “would”
- eu I would work
- você, ele, ela, a gente you would work
- nós we would work
- vocês, eles, elas you all would work
Present subjunctive
Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- eu (that) I work
- você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you work
- nós (that) we work
- vocês, eles, elas (that) you all work
Past subjunctive
Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”
- eu (if) I worked
- você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you worked
- nós (if) we worked
- vocês, eles, elas (if) you all worked
Future subjunctive
Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future
- eu (when) I work
- você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you work
- nós (when) we work
- vocês, eles, elas (when) you all work
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders
- você work!
- vocês work! (all of you)
How to use funcionar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
O chuveiro não funciona direito.
The shower doesn't work properly.
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Past
O meu plano funcionou perfeitamente.
My plan worked perfectly.
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Future
Isso não vai funcionar sem internet.
That's not going to work without internet.
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Imperfect
O elevador funcionava bem até semana passada.
The elevator worked fine until last week.
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Conditional
A ideia funcionaria melhor com mais gente.
The idea would work better with more people.
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Present subjunctive
Tomara que o ar-condicionado funcione hoje.
I hope the air conditioning works today.
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Past subjunctive
Se a máquina funcionasse, eu lavaria a roupa agora.
If the machine worked, I'd do the laundry now.
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Future subjunctive
Se não funcionar, a gente chama alguém.
If it doesn't work, we'll call someone.
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Imperative
Funcione, por favor, eu preciso desse computador hoje!
Work, please, I need this computer today!
Good to know
- A person works with "trabalhar"; a machine, a plan or a shop works with "funcionar".
Where you hear funcionar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2
- O chuveiro não funciona. The shower doesn't work.
- O elevador não funcionou ontem. The lift didn't work yesterday.
- Amanhã vai funcionar. Tomorrow it's going to work.
Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3
- O carro funciona bem agora. The car works well now.
- Ontem o meu celular não funcionou. My phone didn't work yesterday.
- Com a bateria nova, vai funcionar. With the new battery, it'll work.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.