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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

morrer

to die

  • #157 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: morrendo
  • Past participle: morrido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use morrer

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

  1. Present

    Eu morro de medo de barata.

    I'm scared to death of cockroaches.

  2. Past

    O cachorro da vizinha morreu de velhice.

    The neighbor's dog died of old age.

  3. Future

    Essa planta vai morrer se você não regar.

    This plant is going to die if you don't water it.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente muita gente morria dessa doença.

    In the old days many people died of this disease.

  5. Conditional

    Eu morreria de vergonha se isso acontecesse comigo.

    I'd die of embarrassment if that happened to me.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que essa amizade morra assim.

    I don't want this friendship to die like this.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a bateria morresse agora, eu estaria perdida.

    If the battery died now, I'd be lost.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o celular morrer, me acha na recepção.

    If the phone dies, find me at the front desk.

  9. Imperative

    Não morra de curiosidade, abra logo o presente!

    Don't die of curiosity, open the present already!

Good to know

  • With "ter" the participle is "morrido"; "morto" is the adjective: "ele está morto".
  • "Morrer de" is to be dying of something: "estou morrendo de fome", "morri de rir".

Where you hear morrer

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Ninguém morre de frio nesta casa. Nobody dies of cold in this house.
  • Eu quase morri de frio no aeroporto. I nearly died of cold at the airport.
  • Eu vou morrer de saudade do Rio. I'm going to miss Rio terribly.
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Even If I Get Everything Wrong

Intermediate Level 3 · morre

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Apparently, You Survived the Cold

Intermediate Level 3 · morrendo · morrer de curiosidade

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