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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

piorar

to get worse

  • #274 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: piorando
  • Past participle: piorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você get worse!
  2. vocês get worse! (all of you)

How to use piorar

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

  1. Present

    Minha alergia piora na primavera.

    My allergy gets worse in spring.

  2. Past

    O trânsito piorou depois da obra na avenida.

    Traffic got worse after the roadwork on the avenue.

  3. Future

    O tempo vai piorar à tarde, leve guarda-chuva.

    The weather is going to get worse this afternoon, take an umbrella.

  4. Imperfect

    A tosse dele piorava toda noite.

    His cough got worse every night.

  5. Conditional

    Discutir agora só pioraria as coisas.

    Arguing now would only make things worse.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Vamos sair antes que a chuva piore.

    Let's leave before the rain gets worse.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a situação piorasse, a gente voltaria para casa.

    If the situation got worse, we'd go back home.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se o joelho piorar, pare de correr.

    If your knee gets worse, stop running.

  9. Imperative

    Não piore a situação, fique quieto um pouco.

    Don't make things worse, be quiet for a bit.

Where you hear piorar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Em janeiro, o frio sempre piora. In January, the cold always gets worse.
  • O tempo piorou de noite. The weather got worse at night.
  • Amanhã a neve vai piorar. Tomorrow the snow is going to get worse.
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