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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

namorar

to date

  • #160 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: namorando
  • Past participle: namorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use namorar

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

  1. Present

    Minha irmã namora um rapaz do Recife.

    My sister is dating a guy from Recife.

  2. Past

    A gente namorou três anos antes de casar.

    We dated for three years before getting married.

  3. Future

    Acho que eles vão namorar sério.

    I think they're going to date seriously.

  4. Imperfect

    Na faculdade, eu namorava uma menina de Curitiba.

    In college, I dated a girl from Curitiba.

  5. Conditional

    Eu namoraria alguém que gostasse de viajar.

    I would date someone who liked to travel.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Minha mãe não quer que eu namore agora.

    My mom doesn't want me to date right now.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela namorasse ele, a família adoraria.

    If she dated him, the family would love it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você namorar alguém, me apresenta.

    When you date someone, introduce them to me.

  9. Imperative

    Namore quem te faz bem.

    Date someone who's good for you.

Good to know

  • "Namorar" someone, or "namorar com": "Ela namora o Pedro." "Namorado" and "namorada" are boyfriend and girlfriend.

Where you hear namorar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Ela namora um médico. She's dating a doctor.
  • Eles namoraram por dois anos. They dated for two years.
  • Eles vão namorar, com certeza. They're going to date, for sure.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A minha irmã está namorando um médico. My sister is going out with a doctor.
  • A gente namorou dois meses em segredo. We went out for two months in secret.
  • Pelo jeito, eles vão namorar por muito tempo. By the look of it, they're going to be together for a long time.
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Are You Two Together?

Beginner Level 3 · namorar · namorando

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Apparently, You Survived the Cold

Intermediate Level 3 · está namorando

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