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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

preocupar

to worry

  • #179 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: preocupando
  • Past participle: preocupado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use preocupar

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

  1. Present

    Eu me preocupo demais com o futuro.

    I worry too much about the future.

  2. Past

    Você me preocupou, não atendeu o telefone.

    You worried me, you didn't answer the phone.

  3. Future

    Minha mãe vai se preocupar se eu não ligar.

    My mother is going to worry if I don't call.

  4. Imperfect

    Antes eu me preocupava com o que os outros pensavam.

    I used to worry about what other people thought.

  5. Conditional

    Eu não me preocuparia com isso agora.

    I wouldn't worry about that now.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você se preocupe comigo.

    I don't want you to worry about me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele se preocupasse menos, dormiria melhor.

    If he worried less, he'd sleep better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você se preocupar com tudo, não vive.

    If you worry about everything, you don't live.

  9. Imperative

    Não se preocupe, eu cuido disso.

    Don't worry, I'll take care of it.

Good to know

  • "Se preocupar com" is to worry about something; "não se preocupe" is "don't worry".

Where you hear preocupar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Eu me preocupo com tudo. I worry about everything.
  • A minha mãe se preocupou com o voo. My mother worried about the flight.
  • Eu não vou me preocupar com a chuva. I'm not going to worry about the rain.
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By the Wedding, We'll Have Become One Family

Intermediate Level 2 · preocupa

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It Can't Be True

Intermediate Level 2 · preocupasse

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