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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pertencer

to belong

  • #411 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: pertencendo
  • Past participle: pertencido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pertencer

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

  1. Present

    Essa chave pertence ao antigo morador.

    This key belongs to the former tenant.

  2. Past

    O terreno pertenceu à minha família por anos.

    The land belonged to my family for years.

  3. Future

    Depois do contrato, o carro vai pertencer a você.

    After the contract, the car is going to belong to you.

  4. Imperfect

    Eu sentia que não pertencia àquele grupo.

    I felt I didn't belong in that group.

  5. Conditional

    Sem a doação, o quadro pertenceria ao museu.

    Without the donation, the painting would belong to the museum.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não acho que esse casaco pertença a ela.

    I don't think this coat belongs to her.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o prédio pertencesse ao banco, já teriam vendido.

    If the building belonged to the bank, they'd have sold it already.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quem pertencer ao clube entra de graça.

    Whoever belongs to the club gets in for free.

  9. Imperative

    Pertença a um grupo onde você se sinta bem.

    Belong to a group where you feel good.

Good to know

  • "Pertencer a": essa casa pertence à minha avó. In speech, "ser de" is more common: "é da minha avó".

Verbs like this one

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