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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

melhorar

to get better

  • #273 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: melhorando
  • Past participle: melhorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use melhorar

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

  1. Present

    O tempo melhora à tarde, segundo a previsão.

    The weather improves in the afternoon, according to the forecast.

  2. Past

    Meu português melhorou muito este ano.

    My Portuguese has gotten a lot better this year.

  3. Future

    Com remédio, você vai melhorar em dois dias.

    With medicine, you're going to get better in two days.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele melhorava um pouco a cada semana.

    He was getting a little better every week.

  5. Conditional

    A rua melhoraria com mais árvores.

    The street would be better with more trees.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que a sua mãe melhore logo.

    I hope your mother gets better soon.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o serviço melhorasse, eu voltaria ao restaurante.

    If the service improved, I'd go back to the restaurant.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você melhorar, a gente vai à praia.

    When you get better, we'll go to the beach.

  9. Imperative

    Melhore logo, estamos com saudade de você!

    Get well soon, we miss you!

Good to know

  • "Melhoras!" is what you wish someone who is ill.

Where you hear melhorar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A pressão dela melhora com água e descanso. Her blood pressure gets better with water and rest.
  • A vó melhorou. Ela já está em casa. Grandma has got better. She's already home.
  • Ela vai melhorar logo, você vai ver. She's going to get better soon, you'll see.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O português da Emily melhora todo dia. Emily's Portuguese gets better every day.
  • O tempo melhorou de tarde. The weather got better in the afternoon.
  • Com o tempo, vai melhorar. With time, it's going to get better.
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Let's Hope It Wasn't Serious

Intermediate Level 2 · melhorado

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We Ended Up Finding a Band

Intermediate Level 2 · melhorando

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I've Been Studying in Secret

Intermediate Level 3 · melhorando

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The Sooner the Better

Intermediate Level 3 · costuma melhorar

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Verbs like this one

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