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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

mimar

to spoil

  • #490 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: mimando
  • Past participle: mimado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use mimar

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

  1. Present

    Os avós mimam demais os netos.

    Grandparents spoil their grandkids too much.

  2. Past

    Minha mãe me mimou a semana inteira.

    My mom spoiled me all week.

  3. Future

    Ela vai mimar esse cachorro como um filho.

    She's going to spoil this dog like a child.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai mimava a caçula, e a gente tinha ciúme.

    My dad spoiled the youngest, and we were jealous.

  5. Conditional

    Eu mimaria menos se fosse você.

    I'd spoil him less if I were you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que vocês mimem tanto o menino.

    I don't want you to spoil the boy so much.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela mimasse menos o filho, ele ajudaria em casa.

    If she spoiled her son less, he'd help around the house.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando mimar o gato, não dê leite.

    When you spoil the cat, don't give it milk.

  9. Imperative

    Mime a sua mãe no domingo, ela merece.

    Spoil your mom on Sunday, she deserves it.

Where you hear mimar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu não mimo ninguém. I don't spoil anyone.
  • A minha avó me mimou muito. My grandmother spoiled me a lot.
  • A Dona Marta vai mimar esse cachorro. Dona Marta is going to spoil this dog.
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Intermediate Level 3 · mimando

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