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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

retirar

to remove, to collect

  • #394 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: retirando
  • Past participle: retirado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use retirar

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

  1. Present

    Eu retiro o pedido na loja amanhã.

    I'll pick up the order at the store tomorrow.

  2. Past

    Ela retirou todo o dinheiro da conta.

    She withdrew all the money from the account.

  3. Future

    O garçom vai retirar os pratos agora.

    The waiter is going to clear the plates now.

  4. Imperfect

    A faxineira retirava o lixo toda manhã.

    The cleaner took out the trash every morning.

  5. Conditional

    Eu retiraria esse parágrafo do texto.

    I would remove that paragraph from the text.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O síndico pediu que a gente retire as bicicletas do corredor.

    The building manager asked us to remove the bikes from the hallway.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você retirasse a queixa, ele sairia hoje.

    If you withdrew the complaint, he'd be out today.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando retirar o passaporte, confira o nome.

    When you collect the passport, check the name.

  9. Imperative

    Retire a senha e aguarde ser chamado.

    Take a ticket and wait to be called.

Good to know

  • "Retirar na loja" is to pick up in store; "retirar dinheiro" is to withdraw cash.

Where you hear retirar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu retiro o dinheiro aqui. I withdraw the money here.
  • Retirei o livro na biblioteca. I collected the book at the library.
  • Vou retirar o cartão quando estiver pronto. I'm going to collect the card when it's ready.
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Intermediate Level 1 · retirar o cartão

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