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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

molhar

to get wet

  • #201 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: molhando
  • Past participle: molhado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use molhar

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

  1. Present

    Eu molho as plantas toda manhã antes do trabalho.

    I water the plants every morning before work.

  2. Past

    A gente se molhou todo na chuva de ontem.

    We got soaked in yesterday's rain.

  3. Future

    Não leve o livro, vai molhar na piscina.

    Don't take the book, it'll get wet at the pool.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô molhava o pão no café da manhã.

    My grandpa used to dunk his bread in his coffee at breakfast.

  5. Conditional

    Eu molharia o cabelo, mas acabei de arrumar.

    I'd wet my hair, but I just did it.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Cuidado para que a chuva não molhe o sofá.

    Careful the rain doesn't get the couch wet.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se molhasse o celular, ele pararia de funcionar.

    If the phone got wet, it would stop working.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você se molhar, troque de roupa logo.

    If you get wet, change clothes right away.

  9. Imperative

    Molhe o bolo com leite condensado, fica uma delícia.

    Soak the cake with condensed milk, it's delicious.

Good to know

  • "Se molhar" is to get wet; "molhar" alone is to wet something: "molhar as plantas".

Where you hear molhar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A neve molha tudo. Snow gets everything wet.
  • Eu molhei as luvas da Susan. I got Susan's gloves wet.
  • Tira as botas, senão você vai molhar a casa toda. Take off your boots, or you'll get the whole house wet.
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If Only It Snowed in Rio

Intermediate Level 3 · molhados

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