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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

revezar

to take turns (se revezar)

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: revezando
  • Past participle: revezado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você take turns!
  2. vocês take turns! (all of you)

How to use revezar

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

  1. Present

    Eu e minha esposa nos revezamos para acordar com o bebê.

    My wife and I take turns getting up with the baby.

  2. Past

    Na viagem, a gente se revezou no volante.

    On the trip, we took turns at the wheel.

  3. Future

    Vamos nos revezar para cuidar do vovô.

    We're going to take turns looking after grandpa.

  4. Imperfect

    Os enfermeiros se revezavam a cada doze horas.

    The nurses took turns every twelve hours.

  5. Conditional

    A gente se revezaria na cozinha, se você quisesse.

    We'd take turns in the kitchen, if you wanted.

  6. Present subjunctive

    É melhor que vocês se revezem na direção.

    It's better that you take turns driving.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se a gente se revezasse, ninguém ficaria cansado.

    If we took turns, nobody would get tired.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando se revezarem, não esqueçam de avisar.

    When you switch, don't forget to let us know.

  9. Imperative

    Se revezem no caixa, a fila está enorme.

    Take turns at the till, the line is huge.

Good to know

  • "Se revezar" is to take turns: "a gente se reveza na direção"; "revezamento" is a relay race.

Where you hear revezar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 3

  • A gente se reveza para cuidar dele. We take turns to look after him.
  • A família se revezou durante dois meses. The family took turns for two months.
  • Vamos nos revezar nas noites. We're going to take turns at night.
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Nobody Is Dying Today

Advanced Level 3 · A gente se reveza. A família é grande.

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Verbs like this one

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