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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

obrigar

to force

  • #381 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: obrigando
  • Past participle: obrigado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use obrigar

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

  1. Present

    Ninguém te obriga a ficar nessa festa.

    Nobody's forcing you to stay at this party.

  2. Past

    A chuva obrigou a gente a voltar cedo.

    The rain forced us to come back early.

  3. Future

    Eu não vou obrigar meu filho a fazer medicina.

    I'm not going to force my son to study medicine.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha mãe me obrigava a comer verdura.

    My mother used to make me eat vegetables.

  5. Conditional

    Eu não obrigaria ninguém a trabalhar no domingo.

    I wouldn't force anyone to work on Sunday.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não deixe que eles te obriguem a assinar.

    Don't let them force you to sign.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se me obrigassem a escolher, eu ficaria com o azul.

    If they forced me to choose, I'd take the blue one.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o médico obrigar, eu paro de correr.

    If the doctor makes me, I'll stop running.

  9. Imperative

    Não obrigue a criança a comer tudo.

    Don't force the child to eat everything.

Good to know

  • "Obrigar alguém a" is to force someone to; "ser obrigado a" is to have to, and "obrigado" is also "thank you".

Verbs like this one

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