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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

pintar

to paint

  • #246 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pintando
  • Past participle: pintado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use pintar

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

  1. Present

    Minha filha pinta muito bem para a idade dela.

    My daughter paints really well for her age.

  2. Past

    Eu pintei o cabelo de ruivo.

    I dyed my hair red.

  3. Future

    A gente vai pintar a sala de branco.

    We're going to paint the living room white.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu tio pintava quadros nas horas vagas.

    My uncle used to paint pictures in his spare time.

  5. Conditional

    Eu pintaria essa parede de azul.

    I'd paint that wall blue.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quer que eu pinte as unhas de vermelho?

    Do you want me to paint my nails red?

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele pintasse o portão, a casa ficaria nova.

    If he painted the gate, the house would look new.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se pintar uma oportunidade, eu te aviso.

    If an opportunity comes up, I'll let you know.

  9. Imperative

    Pinte a porta antes de chover.

    Paint the door before it rains.

Good to know

  • "Pintar o cabelo" is to dye your hair, and "pintar" also means to show up: "ele pintou na festa".

Where you hear pintar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • O Daniel pinta a cerca de manhã, antes do calor. Daniel paints the fence in the morning, before the heat.
  • Eu pintei o meu quarto de azul. I painted my bedroom blue.
  • Amanhã eu vou pintar a cerca. Tomorrow I'm going to paint the fence.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Em março, eles pintam o rio de verde. In March, they paint the river green.
  • O meu pai pintou a casa no verão. My father painted the house in the summer.
  • A gente vai pintar o apartamento de branco. We're going to paint the flat white.
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We Want to Have a Stage Built

Intermediate Level 2 · pintar · pinta

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It's Being Restored

Intermediate Level 2 · pintadas · pintada

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What's Still Left to Do

Intermediate Level 2 · já foi pintada

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It Can't Be True

Intermediate Level 2 · pintado

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Nowhere Near as Good as Copacabana

Intermediate Level 3 · pintam

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Verbs like this one

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