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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

levar

to take with you

  • #34 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: levando
  • Past participle: levado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você take with you!
  2. vocês take with you! (all of you)

How to use levar

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

  1. Present

    Eu levo as crianças na escola de manhã.

    I take the kids to school in the morning.

  2. Past

    Ele levou o carro para a oficina.

    He took the car to the garage.

  3. Future

    Vou levar um vinho para o jantar.

    I'm going to take a wine to the dinner.

  4. Imperfect

    A viagem levava quatro horas de ônibus.

    The trip used to take four hours by bus.

  5. Conditional

    Eu levaria um casaco, à noite esfria.

    I'd take a coat, it gets cold at night.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quer que eu leve alguma coisa para a festa?

    Do you want me to take anything to the party?

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você levasse o guarda-chuva, não se molharia.

    If you took the umbrella, you wouldn't get wet.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se levar o carro, me dá uma carona?

    If you take the car, can you give me a ride?

  9. Imperative

    Leve o celular carregado, por via das dúvidas.

    Take your phone charged, just in case.

Good to know

  • Levar is to take something or someone away from here; trazer is to bring it here.
  • Levar also says how long: leva uma hora de ônibus.

Where you hear levar

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Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu levo o meu celular. I take my phone with me.
  • Eu levei um presente. I took a present.
  • Eu vou levar um quilo de manga. I'll take a kilo of mangoes.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu sempre levo os meus amigos para a praia. I always take my friends to the beach.
  • Eu levei a Luana para Salvador. I took Luana to Salvador.
  • Amanhã eu vou levar vocês para a praia. Tomorrow I'm going to take you to the beach.
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A Kilo of Mangoes

Beginner Level 1 · levar

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While You're Here

Intermediate Level 1 · eu levo vocês

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Let's Hope It Wasn't Serious

Intermediate Level 2 · levou

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If I Knew How to Speak Portuguese

Intermediate Level 2 · levo

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Nowhere Near as Good as Copacabana

Intermediate Level 3 · levou

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