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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

interessar

to interest

  • #113 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: interessando
  • Past participle: interessado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use interessar

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

  1. Present

    Política não me interessa nem um pouco.

    Politics doesn't interest me at all.

  2. Past

    A proposta interessou muito o meu chefe.

    The proposal really interested my boss.

  3. Future

    Esse curso vai interessar a sua irmã.

    This course is going to interest your sister.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era jovem, só futebol me interessava.

    When I was young, only soccer interested me.

  5. Conditional

    Um apartamento maior interessaria vocês?

    Would a bigger apartment interest you?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a vaga interesse você.

    I hope the position interests you.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o assunto interessasse os alunos, eles perguntariam mais.

    If the subject interested the students, they'd ask more.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se interessar, me manda uma mensagem.

    If you're interested, send me a message.

  9. Imperative

    Se interesse mais pelo trabalho dos seus colegas.

    Take more interest in your colleagues' work.

Good to know

  • "Me interessa" is "I'm interested"; "se interessar por" is to take an interest in something.

Verbs like this one

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