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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pegar

to take, to catch

  • #21 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pegando
  • Past participle: pegado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pegar

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

  1. Present

    Eu pego o ônibus na frente do shopping.

    I catch the bus in front of the mall.

  2. Past

    Ele pegou um resfriado forte na viagem.

    He caught a bad cold on the trip.

  3. Future

    Vou pegar um táxi para o aeroporto.

    I'm going to take a taxi to the airport.

  4. Imperfect

    A gente pegava manga do pé do vizinho.

    We used to pick mangoes from the neighbor's tree.

  5. Conditional

    Eu pegaria o trem, é mais rápido.

    I'd take the train, it's faster.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quer que eu pegue um copo para você?

    Do you want me to get you a glass?

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você pegasse o primeiro voo, chegaria cedo.

    If you took the first flight, you'd arrive early.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando pegar a chave, me avisa.

    When you pick up the key, let me know.

  9. Imperative

    Pegue um guarda-chuva, vai chover.

    Take an umbrella, it's going to rain.

Good to know

  • Pegar covers a lot: pegar o ônibus, pegar um resfriado, pegar o telefone.
  • "Pega leve!" is "take it easy!".

Where you hear pegar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu pego o ônibus aqui. I take the bus here.
  • Eu peguei um táxi. I took a taxi.
  • Eu vou pegar o próximo ônibus. I'm going to take the next bus.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu pego o metrô todo dia. I take the metro every day.
  • Ontem eu peguei o ônibus. Yesterday I took the bus.
  • Amanhã eu vou pegar o metrô. Tomorrow I'm going to take the metro.
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Which Bus Goes to the Beach?

Beginner Level 1 · você pega · eu pego

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Take the Metro

Beginner Level 2 · você não pega

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Whoever Catches the Bouquet

Intermediate Level 1 · eu peguei

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It Must Have Stayed in Sao Paulo

Intermediate Level 3 · pegado

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