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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

indicar

to recommend, to point out

  • #348 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: indicando
  • Past participle: indicado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use indicar

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

  1. Present

    Eu indico esse hotel para todo mundo.

    I recommend this hotel to everyone.

  2. Past

    Minha vizinha indicou um ótimo pediatra.

    My neighbor recommended a great pediatrician.

  3. Future

    Vou indicar você para a vaga.

    I'm going to put you forward for the job.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele indicava sempre o mesmo mecânico.

    He always used to recommend the same mechanic.

  5. Conditional

    Eu indicaria esse curso de olhos fechados.

    I'd recommend that course with my eyes closed.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Peça que o médico indique um especialista.

    Ask the doctor to recommend a specialist.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você me indicasse um livro, eu leria.

    If you recommended me a book, I'd read it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se alguém indicar um bom encanador, me fala.

    If anyone recommends a good plumber, tell me.

  9. Imperative

    Indique um lugar bom para almoçar aqui perto.

    Recommend a good place to have lunch nearby.

Good to know

  • "Indicar" is to recommend a person or a place by name: "me indica um dentista?".

Verbs like this one

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