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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

prestar atenção

to pay attention

  • #188 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: prestando atenção
  • Past participle: prestado atenção

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você pay attention!
  2. vocês pay attention! (all of you)

How to use prestar atenção

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

  1. Present

    Ele não presta atenção em nada que eu falo.

    He doesn't pay attention to anything I say.

  2. Past

    Eu não prestei atenção no nome dela.

    I didn't pay attention to her name.

  3. Future

    Dessa vez eu vou prestar atenção na receita.

    This time I'm going to pay attention to the recipe.

  4. Imperfect

    Na escola eu prestava atenção só em matemática.

    At school I only paid attention in math.

  5. Conditional

    Eu prestaria mais atenção se a aula fosse mais cedo.

    I'd pay more attention if the class were earlier.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que vocês prestem atenção nesse detalhe.

    I want you to pay attention to this detail.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele prestasse atenção, não erraria tanto.

    If he paid attention, he wouldn't make so many mistakes.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você prestar atenção, vai ver o golfinho.

    If you pay attention, you'll see the dolphin.

  9. Imperative

    Preste atenção na rua ao atravessar.

    Pay attention to the street when crossing.

Good to know

  • "Prestar atenção em": "presta atenção na aula".

Where you hear prestar atenção

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu presto atenção quando a Dona Iara fala. I pay attention when Dona Iara speaks.
  • Eu não prestei atenção na hora. I didn't pay attention at the time.
  • Na igreja, eu vou prestar atenção. At the church, I'm going to pay attention.
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Intermediate Level 1 · Prestem atenção. · presta atenção · prestando atenção

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