Skip to content
fluentbyear

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

montar

to put together, to build

  • #397 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: montando
  • Past participle: montado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você put together!
  2. vocês put together! (all of you)

How to use montar

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

  1. Present

    Eu monto a árvore de Natal em dezembro.

    I put up the Christmas tree in December.

  2. Past

    A gente montou a estante em duas horas.

    We put the bookshelf together in two hours.

  3. Future

    Vou montar o berço antes de o bebê nascer.

    I'm going to put the crib together before the baby is born.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele montava quebra-cabeça todo domingo de chuva.

    He used to do jigsaw puzzles every rainy Sunday.

  5. Conditional

    Eu montaria a barraca, mas não tenho martelo.

    I'd set up the tent, but I don't have a hammer.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Prefiro que a loja monte o guarda-roupa.

    I'd rather the store assemble the wardrobe.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você montasse o sanduíche, eu faria o suco.

    If you made the sandwich, I'd make the juice.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando montar a cama, siga o manual.

    When you assemble the bed, follow the manual.

  9. Imperative

    Monte o prato com salada primeiro.

    Fill your plate with salad first.

Good to know

  • "Montar" is also to ride a horse or a bike: "montar a cavalo".

Where you hear montar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Eu monto qualquer móvel sem olhar as instruções. I can put together any piece of furniture without looking at the instructions.
  • O Thiago montou o berço com o Daniel. Thiago put the cot together with Daniel.
  • No Natal, eu vou montar a árvore sozinho. At Christmas, I'm going to put up the tree on my own.
27
Nobody Is Born Knowing

Intermediate Level 3 · montado · montou · Você montou!

Needs a subscription

Verbs like this one

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