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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pingar

to drip, to leak

  • #436 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pingando
  • Past participle: pingado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pingar

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

  1. Present

    A torneira do banheiro pinga a noite inteira.

    The bathroom tap drips all night.

  2. Past

    Pingou água do teto durante a chuva.

    Water dripped from the ceiling during the rain.

  3. Future

    Vai pingar no chão se você não secar o guarda-chuva.

    It's going to drip on the floor if you don't dry the umbrella.

  4. Imperfect

    O ar-condicionado pingava em cima da cama.

    The air conditioner dripped onto the bed.

  5. Conditional

    Com uma borracha nova, a torneira não pingaria.

    With a new washer, the tap wouldn't drip.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Aperte bem para que não pingue mais.

    Tighten it well so it doesn't drip anymore.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se pingasse menos, eu nem ligaria.

    If it dripped less, I wouldn't even mind.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se pingar de novo, chama o encanador.

    If it leaks again, call the plumber.

  9. Imperative

    Pingue duas gotas em cada olho.

    Put two drops in each eye.

Where you hear pingar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • A torneira da cozinha pinga a noite toda. The kitchen tap drips all night.
  • O telhado pingou em cima da mesa. The roof dripped onto the table.
  • Se ninguém consertar, o telhado vai pingar de novo. If nobody fixes it, the roof is going to leak again.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A torneira da cozinha pinga a noite toda. The kitchen tap drips all night.
  • Choveu, e pingou água do teto. It rained, and water dripped from the ceiling.
  • Se ninguém consertar, vai pingar para sempre. If nobody fixes it, it's going to drip forever.
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It's a Good Sign

Intermediate Level 2 · pingando

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Intermediate Level 3 · pinga

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