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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

proibir

to forbid

  • #382 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: proibindo
  • Past participle: proibido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use proibir

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

  1. Present

    O condomínio proíbe cachorro na piscina.

    The building forbids dogs in the pool.

  2. Past

    O médico me proibiu de comer sal.

    The doctor forbade me to eat salt.

  3. Future

    A prefeitura vai proibir carro no centro aos domingos.

    The city is going to ban cars downtown on Sundays.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai proibia televisão durante o jantar.

    My father didn't allow television during dinner.

  5. Conditional

    Eu proibiria celular na sala de aula.

    I would ban phones in the classroom.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que não proíbam fumar na varanda.

    I hope they don't ban smoking on the balcony.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se proibissem o açúcar, eu sofreria muito.

    If they banned sugar, I'd suffer a lot.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eles proibirem a festa, a gente faz em casa.

    If they forbid the party, we'll have it at home.

  9. Imperative

    Proíba doce antes do almoço, senão ele não come.

    Forbid sweets before lunch, otherwise he won't eat.

Good to know

  • "Proibir alguém de" is to forbid someone to: "me proibiram de entrar".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.