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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

levantar-se

to get up

  • #130 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: levantando-se
  • Past participle: levantado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você get up!
  2. vocês get up! (all of you)

How to use levantar-se

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

  1. Present

    Eu me levanto às sete e tomo café.

    I get up at seven and have breakfast.

  2. Past

    Ela se levantou e saiu sem falar nada.

    She got up and left without saying anything.

  3. Future

    Amanhã eu vou me levantar às cinco.

    Tomorrow I'm going to get up at five.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai se levantava antes de todo mundo.

    My father used to get up before everyone else.

  5. Conditional

    Eu me levantaria, mas estou com dor nas costas.

    I'd get up, but my back hurts.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O médico quer que ele se levante um pouco todo dia.

    The doctor wants him to get up a little every day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você se levantasse mais cedo, não perderia o ônibus.

    If you got up earlier, you wouldn't miss the bus.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando se levantar, abra as cortinas.

    When you get up, open the curtains.

  9. Imperative

    Levante-se, a gente vai se atrasar!

    Get up, we're going to be late!

Good to know

  • In Brazil people often drop the pronoun: "levanto cedo" is as common as "me levanto cedo".

Where you hear levantar-se

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu me levanto às sete. I get up at seven.
  • Eu me levantei cedo hoje. I got up early today.
  • Amanhã eu vou me levantar tarde. Tomorrow I'm going to get up late.
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A Normal Day

Beginner Level 2 · eu me levanto · você se levanta

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