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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pesquisar

to search, to research

  • #234 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pesquisando
  • Past participle: pesquisado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pesquisar

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

  1. Present

    Eu pesquiso o preço antes de comprar qualquer coisa.

    I look up the price before buying anything.

  2. Past

    Ela pesquisou hotéis a noite inteira.

    She searched for hotels all night.

  3. Future

    Vou pesquisar um bom restaurante perto do hotel.

    I'm going to look up a good restaurant near the hotel.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente a gente pesquisava tudo na enciclopédia.

    We used to look everything up in the encyclopedia.

  5. Conditional

    Eu pesquisaria mais antes de assinar o contrato.

    I'd do more research before signing the contract.

  6. Present subjunctive

    A professora quer que a gente pesquise sobre o Pantanal.

    The teacher wants us to research the Pantanal.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você pesquisasse melhor, encontraria mais barato.

    If you searched better, you'd find it cheaper.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando pesquisar passagens, use a aba anônima.

    When you search for tickets, use an incognito tab.

  9. Imperative

    Pesquise o nome da empresa antes de aceitar a vaga.

    Look up the company's name before accepting the job.

Good to know

  • "Pesquisar no Google" is to look something up; "fazer uma pesquisa" is to do a survey or research.

Verbs like this one

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