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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

publicar

to publish

  • #231 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: publicando
  • Past participle: publicado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use publicar

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

  1. Present

    Ela publica uma foto nova todo dia.

    She posts a new photo every day.

  2. Past

    O jornal publicou a entrevista no domingo.

    The newspaper published the interview on Sunday.

  3. Future

    Eu vou publicar meu primeiro livro este ano.

    I'm going to publish my first book this year.

  4. Imperfect

    A revista publicava receitas em todo número.

    The magazine used to publish recipes in every issue.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca publicaria uma foto dos meus filhos.

    I would never post a photo of my kids.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Não quero que você publique isso na internet.

    I don't want you to post that online.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eles publicassem a lista hoje, seria ótimo.

    If they published the list today, it would be great.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando a editora publicar o livro, eu te dou um.

    When the publisher releases the book, I'll give you one.

  9. Imperative

    Publique o anúncio na segunda-feira de manhã.

    Post the ad on Monday morning.

Where you hear publicar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • O cartório publica os proclamas. The registry office publishes the banns.
  • A gente publicou o aviso ontem. We published the notice yesterday.
  • Eu vou publicar os proclamas amanhã. I'm going to publish the banns tomorrow.
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Intermediate Level 2 · publicados

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.