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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

mudar

to change, to move house

  • #66 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: mudando
  • Past participle: mudado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use mudar

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

  1. Present

    A gente muda de ideia o tempo todo.

    We change our minds all the time.

  2. Past

    Eles se mudaram para Curitiba no ano passado.

    They moved to Curitiba last year.

  3. Future

    Eu vou mudar de emprego em janeiro.

    I'm going to change jobs in January.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando eu era criança, a gente mudava muito de casa.

    When I was a kid, we moved house a lot.

  5. Conditional

    Eu mudaria tudo nessa cozinha.

    I would change everything in this kitchen.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o tempo mude até o fim de semana.

    I hope the weather changes by the weekend.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu mudasse de cidade, sentiria falta da praia.

    If I moved to another city, I'd miss the beach.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você mudar de ideia, me avisa.

    If you change your mind, let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Mude a senha do seu e-mail hoje.

    Change your email password today.

Good to know

  • "Mudar de casa" or "se mudar" is to move house; "mudar de ideia" is to change your mind.

Where you hear mudar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • O tempo muda rápido aqui. The weather changes fast here.
  • Você não mudou nada. You haven't changed at all.
  • Eu vou me mudar em março. I'm going to move in March.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Tudo muda. Everything changes.
  • Eu mudei muito este ano. I changed a lot this year.
  • Nós vamos nos mudar no mês que vem. We're going to move next month.
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Back to Stay

Beginner Level 2 · mudar · você mudou

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Where Do I Sign?

Beginner Level 2 · me mudar · posso me mudar

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The Neighbour Upstairs

Beginner Level 2 · me mudar · Eu acabei de me mudar.

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A Flat for Two

Beginner Level 3 · nos mudar

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Looking Back

Beginner Level 3 · eu mudei

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Would It Be Possible?

Intermediate Level 1 · eu mudaria

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What a Good Thing

Intermediate Level 2 · muda

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Verbs like this one

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