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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

preocupar-se

to worry

  • #178 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: preocupando-se
  • 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-se

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

    Minha mãe se preocupou quando eu não liguei.

    My mother worried when I didn't call.

  3. Future

    Ele vai se preocupar se você sumir.

    He's going to worry if you disappear.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô se preocupava com cada centavo.

    My grandfather used to worry about every penny.

  5. Conditional

    Eu me preocuparia menos se você avisasse.

    I'd worry less if you let me know.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você se preocupe comigo.

    I don't want you to worry about me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela se preocupasse menos, dormiria melhor.

    If she worried less, she'd sleep better.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando se preocupar, respire fundo e conte até dez.

    When you worry, breathe deeply and count to ten.

  9. Imperative

    Não se preocupe, eu resolvo isso.

    Don't worry, I'll sort it out.

Good to know

  • "Se preocupar com": "não se preocupe com isso"; "preocupar" alone is to worry someone: "isso me preocupa".

Where you hear preocupar-se

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu me preocupo com a minha filha. I worry about my daughter.
  • Eu me preocupei antes da conversa. I worried before the conversation.
  • Não vou me preocupar com isso agora. I'm not going to worry about that now.
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Her Hand in Marriage

Intermediate Level 1 · se preocupar

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