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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

incomodar

to bother

  • #194 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: incomodando
  • Past participle: incomodado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use incomodar

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

  1. Present

    O barulho da obra me incomoda muito.

    The noise from the construction bothers me a lot.

  2. Past

    Desculpa, eu incomodei você na hora do jantar?

    Sorry, did I bother you at dinnertime?

  3. Future

    Não vou incomodar, só vim deixar a chave.

    I won't bother you, I just came to drop off the key.

  4. Imperfect

    A fumaça do vizinho incomodava a família toda.

    The neighbor's smoke bothered the whole family.

  5. Conditional

    Isso não incomodaria ninguém se fosse mais baixo.

    That wouldn't bother anyone if it were quieter.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a luz não incomode você.

    I hope the light doesn't bother you.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o calor incomodasse, a gente ligaria o ar.

    If the heat bothered you, we'd turn on the air conditioning.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o som incomodar, é só avisar.

    If the sound bothers you, just let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Não incomode a sua irmã, ela está estudando.

    Don't bother your sister, she's studying.

Good to know

  • "Se incomodar com" is to mind something: "não me incomodo com barulho".

Where you hear incomodar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • O barulho me incomoda. The noise bothers me.
  • A reunião me incomodou. The meeting bothered me.
  • Eu não vou incomodar você. I'm not going to bother you.
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I'm Sorry You're Upset

Intermediate Level 1 · me incomoda

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