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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

respirar

to breathe

  • #277 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: respirando
  • Past participle: respirado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use respirar

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

  1. Present

    Eu respiro melhor depois que parei de fumar.

    I breathe better since I quit smoking.

  2. Past

    Ela respirou fundo e entrou na sala da entrevista.

    She took a deep breath and walked into the interview room.

  3. Future

    Vamos respirar ar puro na serra.

    We're going to breathe fresh air in the mountains.

  4. Imperfect

    O bebê respirava tranquilo no berço.

    The baby was breathing calmly in the crib.

  5. Conditional

    Sem a máscara, eu não respiraria naquela fumaça.

    Without the mask, I wouldn't breathe in that smoke.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O professor de ioga quer que a gente respire pelo nariz.

    The yoga teacher wants us to breathe through the nose.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você respirasse devagar, a dor passaria.

    If you breathed slowly, the pain would pass.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando respirar fundo, levante os braços.

    When you breathe in deeply, raise your arms.

  9. Imperative

    Respire fundo, vai dar tudo certo.

    Take a deep breath, everything's going to be fine.

Good to know

  • "Respirar fundo" is to take a deep breath; "respira!" is what a friend says when you panic.

Where you hear respirar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Quando eu fico nervosa, eu respiro fundo e conto até dez. When I get nervous, I breathe deeply and count to ten.
  • Eu respirei fundo e liguei para a doutora. I took a deep breath and called the doctor.
  • Agora você vai respirar devagar. Now you're going to breathe slowly.
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