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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

rir

to laugh

  • #164 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: rindo
  • Past participle: rido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use rir

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

  1. Present

    A gente ri muito junto, é por isso que dá certo.

    We laugh a lot together, that's why it works.

  2. Past

    Eu ri tanto que minha barriga doeu.

    I laughed so much that my stomach hurt.

  3. Future

    Você vai rir quando ouvir essa história.

    You're going to laugh when you hear this story.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô ria das próprias piadas.

    My grandpa used to laugh at his own jokes.

  5. Conditional

    Eu riria, mas o assunto é sério.

    I would laugh, but the subject is serious.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Faço palhaçada só pra que você ria.

    I clown around just so you'll laugh.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ela risse de mim, eu ficaria chateado.

    If she laughed at me, I'd be upset.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando você rir, vai ver como melhora.

    When you laugh, you'll see how it gets better.

  9. Imperative

    Riam à vontade, a piada é boa mesmo.

    Laugh all you want, the joke really is good.

Good to know

  • "Rir de" is to laugh at: "Todo mundo riu da piada." "Sorrir" is to smile.

Where you hear rir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 3

  • Ela está rindo. She's laughing.
  • Nós rimos muito. We laughed a lot.
  • Você vai rir de mim. You're going to laugh at me.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • O Daniel ri de tudo. Daniel laughs at everything.
  • Todo mundo riu no casamento. Everyone laughed at the wedding.
  • Você vai rir dessa história. You're going to laugh at this story.
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When He Was Little

Beginner Level 3 · rir · rindo

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It Was So Good to Have You Here

Beginner Level 3 · nós rimos

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The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives

Intermediate Level 2 · rido

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Even If I Get Everything Wrong

Intermediate Level 3 · não ri

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She Asked Us to Take Off Our Shoes

Intermediate Level 3 · riu

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I've Been Studying in Secret

Intermediate Level 3 · ria

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.