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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

roubar

to steal

  • #288 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: roubando
  • Past participle: roubado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use roubar

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

  1. Present

    Meu irmão sempre rouba batata do meu prato.

    My brother always steals fries from my plate.

  2. Past

    Roubaram a minha bicicleta na frente de casa.

    They stole my bike in front of my house.

  3. Future

    Ninguém vai roubar nada com essa fechadura.

    No one's going to steal anything with this lock.

  4. Imperfect

    O gato roubava comida da mesa.

    The cat used to steal food from the table.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca roubaria nem um centavo.

    I would never steal a single cent.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tenho medo que roubem o carro nessa rua.

    I'm afraid they'll steal the car on this street.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se alguém roubasse a minha carteira, eu ligaria para o banco.

    If someone stole my wallet, I'd call the bank.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se roubarem o seu celular, bloqueia o chip.

    If they steal your phone, block the SIM.

  9. Imperative

    Não roube a minha ideia, viu?

    Don't steal my idea, okay?

Where you hear roubar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Aqui ninguém rouba nada. Nobody steals anything here.
  • Roubaram a minha carteira. They stole my wallet.
  • Cuidado, vão roubar o seu celular! Careful, they're going to steal your phone!

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • A Bia sempre rouba no jogo. Bia always cheats at games.
  • Ela roubou na guerra de neve. She cheated in the snowball fight.
  • Eu não vou roubar, eu prometo. I won't cheat, I promise.
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They Stole My Phone

Beginner Level 2 · roubar · roubaram

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If Only It Snowed in Rio

Intermediate Level 3 · roubou · Ela roubou.

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Verbs like this one

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