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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

passear

to stroll, to look around

  • #217 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: passeando
  • Past participle: passeado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use passear

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

  1. Present

    Aos domingos a gente passeia no parque.

    On Sundays we stroll in the park.

  2. Past

    Ontem eu passeei pelo centro histórico.

    Yesterday I strolled around the old town.

  3. Future

    Hoje à tarde eu vou passear com o cachorro.

    This afternoon I'm going to walk the dog.

  4. Imperfect

    Meus avós passeavam de mãos dadas na praça.

    My grandparents used to stroll hand in hand in the square.

  5. Conditional

    Eu passearia mais se não trabalhasse tanto.

    I would go out more if I didn't work so much.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que vocês passeiem pela cidade sem pressa.

    I want you to look around the city without hurrying.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente passeasse à noite, veria as luzes.

    If we strolled at night, we'd see the lights.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando passear por lá, prove o açaí.

    When you look around there, try the açaí.

  9. Imperative

    Passeie pela orla antes do pôr do sol.

    Take a stroll along the waterfront before sunset.

Good to know

  • "Dar um passeio" is to go for a walk; "passear com o cachorro" is to walk the dog.

Where you hear passear

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • A gente passeia na praia todo domingo. We stroll on the beach every Sunday.
  • A gente passeou no Pelourinho. We looked around the old town.
  • Amanhã a gente vai passear. Tomorrow we're going to look around.
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When We Get There

Intermediate Level 1 · passear

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