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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

perdoar

to forgive

  • #171 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: perdoando
  • Past participle: perdoado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use perdoar

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

  1. Present

    Minha mãe perdoa tudo, menos mentira.

    My mother forgives everything except lies.

  2. Past

    Eu perdoei meu irmão depois de muito tempo.

    I forgave my brother after a long time.

  3. Future

    Ela nunca vai perdoar o que ele fez.

    She's never going to forgive what he did.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô perdoava qualquer coisa dos netos.

    My grandpa would forgive the grandkids anything.

  5. Conditional

    Eu perdoaria, mas não esqueceria.

    I would forgive, but I wouldn't forget.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você me perdoe pelo atraso.

    I hope you forgive me for being late.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela me perdoasse, eu seria outro homem.

    If she forgave me, I'd be a different man.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você perdoar, vai se sentir mais leve.

    When you forgive, you'll feel lighter.

  9. Imperative

    Perdoe a bagunça, acabei de chegar de viagem.

    Forgive the mess, I just got back from a trip.

Where you hear perdoar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu te perdoo. I forgive you.
  • Ela já perdoou. She has already forgiven.
  • Você vai me perdoar? Are you going to forgive me?
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It Was My Fault

Beginner Level 3 · perdoar · Você me perdoa? · Eu te perdoo.

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