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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

olhar

to look

  • #42 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: olhando
  • Past participle: olhado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use olhar

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

  1. Present

    Eu olho o celular antes de dormir.

    I look at my phone before sleeping.

  2. Past

    Ela olhou para mim e sorriu.

    She looked at me and smiled.

  3. Future

    Vou olhar o cardápio antes de escolher.

    I'm going to look at the menu before choosing.

  4. Imperfect

    Ele olhava o relógio toda hora.

    He kept looking at his watch.

  5. Conditional

    Eu olharia o mapa antes de sair.

    I'd look at the map before leaving.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você olhe esse apartamento comigo.

    I want you to look at this apartment with me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você olhasse com calma, acharia o erro.

    If you looked carefully, you'd find the mistake.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando olhar para o mar, vai entender.

    When you look at the sea, you'll understand.

  9. Imperative

    Olhe que lua linda hoje!

    Look what a beautiful moon tonight!

Good to know

  • "Olha" at the start of a sentence just means "look" or "listen": olha, eu não sei.
  • "Olhar para" is to look at something.

Where you hear olhar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu olho o cardápio. I look at the menu.
  • Ela olhou para mim. She looked at me.
  • Eu vou olhar o cardápio. I'm going to look at the menu.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu olho pela janela. I look out of the window.
  • Ela olhou para mim. She looked at me.
  • Eu vou olhar a lista antes de sair. I'm going to look at the list before leaving.
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Which Bus Goes to the Beach?

Beginner Level 1 · Olha!

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I'm Looking for a Present

Beginner Level 1 · olhando · estou olhando · Só estou olhando.

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As If Nothing Were Happening

Intermediate Level 1 · olhou

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The Room in Which

Intermediate Level 3 · olhem

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The Sooner the Better

Intermediate Level 3 · olhem

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Verbs like this one

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