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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

mergulhar

to dive

  • #448 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: mergulhando
  • Past participle: mergulhado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use mergulhar

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

  1. Present

    Eu mergulho de cabeça, não tenho medo.

    I dive in head first, I'm not afraid.

  2. Past

    A gente mergulhou em Fernando de Noronha nas férias.

    We went diving in Fernando de Noronha on vacation.

  3. Future

    Vou mergulhar na piscina para esfriar.

    I'm going to dive in the pool to cool off.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era criança, eu mergulhava do trampolim alto.

    When I was a kid, I used to dive off the high board.

  5. Conditional

    Eu mergulharia com tubarões, você não?

    I'd dive with sharks, wouldn't you?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não deixe que ele mergulhe nessa parte rasa.

    Don't let him dive in that shallow part.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente mergulhasse mais cedo, veria as tartarugas.

    If we dived earlier, we'd see the turtles.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você mergulhar, respire devagar e com calma.

    When you dive, breathe slowly and calmly.

  9. Imperative

    Não mergulhe de cabeça, a água é rasa.

    Don't dive head first, the water is shallow.

Good to know

  • "Mergulhar" is both to dive in and to go scuba diving; a quick dip is "dar um mergulho".

Where you hear mergulhar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu mergulho no mar todo verão. I dive in the sea every summer.
  • A gente mergulhou de manhã cedo. We went diving early in the morning.
  • Amanhã, a gente vai mergulhar. Tomorrow, we're going to go diving.
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Intermediate Level 2 · mergulhar

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