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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

nevar

to snow

  • #439 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: nevando
  • Past participle: nevado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. it snows

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. it snowed

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. it is going to snow

Imperfect

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

  1. it used to snow

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. it would snow

Present subjunctive

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

  1. (that) it snow

Past subjunctive

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

  1. (if) it snowed

Future subjunctive

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

  1. (when) it snows

How to use nevar

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

  1. Present

    Neva de verdade no sul do Brasil?

    Does it really snow in the south of Brazil?

  2. Past

    Nevou em Nova York no dia da chegada.

    It snowed in New York on the day we arrived.

  3. Future

    Vai nevar na serra no fim de semana.

    It's going to snow in the mountains over the weekend.

  4. Imperfect

    Na cidade onde eu morava, nevava todo inverno.

    In the town where I lived, it snowed every winter.

  5. Conditional

    Com esse frio, nevaria se fosse mais seco.

    With this cold, it would snow if it were drier.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que neve na nossa viagem ao Chile.

    I hope it snows on our trip to Chile.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se nevasse aqui, ninguém saberia dirigir.

    If it snowed here, nobody would know how to drive.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se nevar amanhã, a gente faz um boneco de neve.

    If it snows tomorrow, we'll make a snowman.

Good to know

  • It almost never snows in Brazil; "nevar" comes up in talk about trips and the far south.

Where you hear nevar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Em Chicago, neva muito no inverno. In Chicago, it snows a lot in winter.
  • No ano passado, nevou no Natal. Last year, it snowed at Christmas.
  • Será que vai nevar quando a gente chegar? I wonder if it'll snow when we get there?

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Em Chicago, neva muito em janeiro. In Chicago, it snows a lot in January.
  • Nevou a noite inteira. It snowed all night.
  • Amanhã vai nevar de novo. Tomorrow it's going to snow again.
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Come Back Soon

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If Only It Snowed in Rio

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