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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

recomendar

to recommend

  • #346 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: recomendando
  • Past participle: recomendado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use recomendar

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

  1. Present

    Eu recomendo o restaurante da esquina.

    I recommend the restaurant on the corner.

  2. Past

    O médico recomendou repouso por uma semana.

    The doctor recommended a week of rest.

  3. Future

    Vou recomendar esse livro pra todo mundo.

    I'm going to recommend this book to everyone.

  4. Imperfect

    Minha avó recomendava chá de camomila pra tudo.

    My grandma used to recommend chamomile tea for everything.

  5. Conditional

    Eu recomendaria a praia do Forte pra vocês.

    I would recommend Praia do Forte for you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você me recomende um bom dentista.

    I want you to recommend a good dentist to me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se alguém me recomendasse um hotel, eu agradeceria.

    If someone recommended me a hotel, I'd appreciate it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando o guia recomendar um lugar, a gente vai.

    When the guide recommends a place, we'll go.

  9. Imperative

    Recomende um prato típico pra gente, por favor.

    Recommend a typical dish to us, please.

Where you hear recomendar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Eu recomendo este restaurante. I recommend this restaurant.
  • Ela recomendou o Jardim Botânico. She recommended the Botanical Garden.
  • Eu vou recomendar esse hotel. I'm going to recommend that hotel.
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You Should See the Sunset

Beginner Level 3 · eu recomendo

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Verbs like this one

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