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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

reprovar

to fail an exam

  • #423 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: reprovando
  • Past participle: reprovado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você fail an exam!
  2. vocês fail an exam! (all of you)

How to use reprovar

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

  1. Present

    Quem falta muito reprova no fim do ano.

    Whoever misses a lot of classes fails at the end of the year.

  2. Past

    Eu reprovei na prova de direção duas vezes.

    I failed the driving test twice.

  3. Future

    Se não estudar, você vai reprovar em química.

    If you don't study, you're going to fail chemistry.

  4. Imperfect

    Naquela escola, quase ninguém reprovava.

    At that school, almost nobody failed.

  5. Conditional

    Com essa nota, eu reprovaria em qualquer lugar.

    With that grade, I'd fail anywhere.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que ela não reprove em história de novo.

    I hope she doesn't fail history again.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele reprovasse, perderia a bolsa.

    If he failed, he'd lose the scholarship.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você reprovar, pode fazer a prova em dezembro.

    If you fail, you can take the exam in December.

  9. Imperative

    Não reprove, estude um pouco todo dia.

    Don't fail, study a little every day.

Good to know

  • In Brazil you "reprova" or you are "reprovado": "reprovei em matemática", "fui reprovado na prova de direção".

Verbs like this one

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