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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

negociar

to negotiate

  • #338 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: negociando
  • Past participle: negociado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use negociar

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

  1. Present

    Ela negocia muito bem o preço do aluguel.

    She negotiates the rent very well.

  2. Past

    Eu negociei um desconto de dez por cento.

    I negotiated a ten percent discount.

  3. Future

    A gente vai negociar o prazo com o fornecedor.

    We're going to negotiate the deadline with the supplier.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô negociava gado no interior.

    My grandfather used to trade cattle in the countryside.

  5. Conditional

    Eu negociaria o salário antes de aceitar.

    I would negotiate the salary before accepting.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É melhor que vocês negociem com calma.

    It's better that you negotiate calmly.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele negociasse mais, pagaria menos juros.

    If he negotiated more, he'd pay less interest.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando negociar o carro, não aceite a primeira oferta.

    When you negotiate the car, don't accept the first offer.

  9. Imperative

    Negocie o preço, na feira sempre dá.

    Haggle over the price, at the market you always can.

Where you hear negociar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu negocio com os clientes toda semana. I negotiate with the clients every week.
  • Você negociou muito bem. You negotiated very well.
  • Eu vou negociar com a diretora. I'm going to negotiate with the director.

Verbs like this one

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