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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

gastar

to spend

  • #116 most used
  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: gastando
  • Past participle: gasto

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use gastar

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

  1. Present

    Eu gasto muito com comida fora de casa.

    I spend a lot on eating out.

  2. Past

    A gente gastou tudo no primeiro dia de viagem.

    We spent everything on the first day of the trip.

  3. Future

    Não vou gastar nada esse mês.

    I'm not going to spend anything this month.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes eu gastava horas no trânsito.

    I used to spend hours in traffic.

  5. Conditional

    Eu gastaria menos se cozinhasse em casa.

    I would spend less if I cooked at home.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você gaste dinheiro comigo.

    I don't want you to spend money on me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu gastasse menos, poderia viajar mais.

    If I spent less, I could travel more.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você gastar mais de cem, ganha desconto.

    If you spend more than a hundred, you get a discount.

  9. Imperative

    Gaste com calma, o mês é longo.

    Spend carefully, the month is long.

Good to know

  • "Gastar" is for money, time and energy: "gastei muito", "gastei duas horas."

Where you hear gastar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu gasto muito com o café. I spend a lot on the cafe.
  • Eu gastei todo o meu dinheiro. I spent all my money.
  • Eu vou gastar menos. I'm going to spend less.
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Rafael's New Cafe

Beginner Level 3 · gastar · eu gastei

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Verbs like this one

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