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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

queimar

to burn

  • #203 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: queimando
  • Past participle: queimado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use queimar

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

  1. Present

    Esse fogão queima tudo que eu faço.

    This stove burns everything I make.

  2. Past

    Eu queimei a mão tirando a forma do forno.

    I burned my hand taking the pan out of the oven.

  3. Future

    Você vai queimar o arroz se não desligar.

    You're going to burn the rice if you don't turn it off.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha pele queimava fácil quando eu era loiro.

    My skin used to burn easily when I was blond.

  5. Conditional

    Sem protetor, eu queimaria em meia hora.

    Without sunscreen, I would burn in half an hour.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Abaixa o fogo pra que o molho não queime.

    Lower the heat so the sauce doesn't burn.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu queimasse o bolo, compraria outro.

    If I burned the cake, I'd buy another.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se queimar, é só raspar a parte de cima.

    If it burns, just scrape off the top.

  9. Imperative

    Não queime a pele, passe protetor.

    Don't burn your skin, put on sunscreen.

Good to know

  • "Queimar-se" is to get burned, also by the sun: "Me queimei na praia." "Queimado" is burnt, or tanned.

Where you hear queimar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Às vezes eu queimo o arroz. Sometimes I burn the rice.
  • Eu queimei o pão. I burnt the bread.
  • A carne vai queimar. The meat is going to burn.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • O sol de Minas queima muito. The sun in Minas burns a lot.
  • Eu queimei a boca. I burned my mouth.
  • Tira do forno, senão vai queimar! Take it out of the oven, or it's going to burn!
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This Isn't What I Ordered

Beginner Level 3 · queimada · queimado

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The Secret Is the Cheese

Intermediate Level 2 · queimou

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