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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

respeitar

to respect

  • #365 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: respeitando
  • Past participle: respeitado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use respeitar

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

  1. Present

    A gente respeita muito a opinião dela.

    We really respect her opinion.

  2. Past

    O motorista não respeitou a faixa de pedestres.

    The driver didn't respect the crosswalk.

  3. Future

    Eu vou respeitar a decisão de vocês.

    I'm going to respect your decision.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente os alunos respeitavam mais os professores.

    In the old days students respected teachers more.

  5. Conditional

    Um bom chefe respeitaria o seu horário de almoço.

    A good boss would respect your lunch break.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É importante que todos respeitem a fila.

    It's important that everyone respects the line.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele respeitasse o sinal, não teria batido.

    If he obeyed the light, he wouldn't have crashed.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Enquanto você respeitar as regras, pode ficar.

    As long as you follow the rules, you can stay.

  9. Imperative

    Respeitem o silêncio dentro do hospital.

    Respect the silence inside the hospital.

Good to know

  • "Respeitar a fila" and "respeitar o sinal" are everyday uses: to keep to the line, to obey the traffic light.

Where you hear respeitar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • A equipe respeita o Daniel. The team respects Daniel.
  • Ele sempre respeitou os colegas. He always respected his colleagues.
  • Eles vão respeitar a sua decisão. They're going to respect your decision.
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