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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

patinar

to skate

  • #450 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: patinando
  • Past participle: patinado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use patinar

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

  1. Present

    Minha filha patina no gelo toda semana.

    My daughter ice-skates every week.

  2. Past

    A gente patinou no parque domingo de manhã.

    We skated in the park on Sunday morning.

  3. Future

    Eu vou patinar com as crianças no shopping.

    I'm going to skate with the kids at the mall.

  4. Imperfect

    Quando era pequeno, eu patinava na rua de casa.

    When I was little, I skated on my street.

  5. Conditional

    Eu patinaria mais se tivesse uma pista perto.

    I would skate more if there were a rink nearby.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você patine sem cair hoje.

    I hope you skate without falling today.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele patinasse devagar, não se machucaria tanto.

    If he skated slowly, he wouldn't get hurt so much.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você patinar amanhã, me avise.

    If you skate tomorrow, let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Patine com capacete, por favor.

    Skate with a helmet, please.

Where you hear patinar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • No inverno, a gente patina no lago. In winter, we skate on the lake.
  • Eu patinei pela primeira vez em Chicago. I skated for the first time in Chicago.
  • Amanhã a gente vai patinar de novo. Tomorrow we're going to skate again.
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Intermediate Level 3 · patinar · Vamos patinar? · patinando · patinou

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Verbs like this one

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