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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

latir

to bark

  • #476 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: latindo
  • Past participle: latido

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use latir

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

  1. Present

    O cachorro do vizinho late a noite inteira.

    The neighbor's dog barks all night long.

  2. Past

    Ele latiu tanto que acordou o prédio todo.

    He barked so much he woke up the whole building.

  3. Future

    Ela vai latir quando o carteiro chegar.

    She's going to bark when the mailman arrives.

  4. Imperfect

    A cadela latia para o próprio reflexo no espelho.

    The dog used to bark at her own reflection in the mirror.

  5. Conditional

    Um cão de guarda latiria para um estranho.

    A guard dog would bark at a stranger.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que ele não lata durante a visita.

    I hope he doesn't bark during the visit.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o cachorro latisse menos, o vizinho não reclamaria.

    If the dog barked less, the neighbor wouldn't complain.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se ele latir de madrugada, me acorde.

    If he barks in the middle of the night, wake me up.

  9. Imperative

    Não lata para o carteiro, Bob!

    Don't bark at the mailman, Bob!

Where you hear latir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O cachorro do quinto andar late o dia inteiro. The dog on the fifth floor barks all day.
  • Logo que eu cheguei, ele latiu. As soon as I arrived, he barked.
  • Se ele latir de noite, a Dona Marta vai reclamar. If he barks at night, Dona Marta is going to complain.
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It's the Dog That Chooses You

Intermediate Level 3 · latir

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