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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

reformar

to restore, to renovate

  • #478 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: reformando
  • Past participle: reformado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use reformar

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

  1. Present

    A gente reforma a casa aos poucos.

    We're renovating the house little by little.

  2. Past

    Eles reformaram o banheiro em três semanas.

    They renovated the bathroom in three weeks.

  3. Future

    Eu vou reformar a cozinha no ano que vem.

    I'm going to renovate the kitchen next year.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu pai reformava móveis antigos na garagem.

    My dad used to restore old furniture in the garage.

  5. Conditional

    Eu reformaria o telhado antes da chuva chegar.

    I'd redo the roof before the rains come.

  6. Present subjunctive

    A prefeitura quer que o dono reforme o prédio.

    The city wants the owner to renovate the building.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente reformasse o quintal, daria uma festa.

    If we fixed up the yard, we'd throw a party.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando reformarem a estação, o metrô vai melhorar.

    When they renovate the station, the subway will get better.

  9. Imperative

    Reforme a cadeira em vez de jogar fora.

    Restore the chair instead of throwing it away.

Where you hear reformar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Aqui a gente reforma tudo devagar. Here we restore everything slowly.
  • O meu pai reformou a capela há cinquenta anos. My father restored the chapel fifty years ago.
  • A gente vai reformar a capela antes do casamento. We're going to restore the chapel before the wedding.
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It's Being Restored

Intermediate Level 2 · reformada

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