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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

rubricar

to initial

  • #485 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: rubricando
  • Past participle: rubricado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use rubricar

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

  1. Present

    O gerente rubrica cada página do contrato.

    The manager initials every page of the contract.

  2. Past

    Eu rubriquei todas as folhas, menos a última.

    I initialed all the pages except the last one.

  3. Future

    Vamos rubricar as cópias agora mesmo.

    We're going to initial the copies right now.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente o professor rubricava o caderno.

    Teachers used to initial your notebook back then.

  5. Conditional

    Eu rubricaria, mas estou sem caneta.

    I'd initial it, but I don't have a pen.

  6. Present subjunctive

    O cartório exige que o senhor rubrique todas as páginas.

    The registry office requires you to initial every page.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se você rubricasse hoje, o processo andaria mais rápido.

    If you initialed today, the process would move faster.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando rubricar, use a mesma caneta da assinatura.

    When you initial, use the same pen as your signature.

  9. Imperative

    Rubrique aqui embaixo, no canto direito.

    Initial down here, in the right corner.

Good to know

  • "Rubricar" is to put your initials; "assinar" is to sign in full.

Where you hear rubricar

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O senhor rubrica cada página, por favor. Please initial each page.
  • Eu rubriquei quarenta páginas hoje. I initialled forty pages today.
  • Eu vou rubricar a última página. I'm going to initial the last page.
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As Soon As It's Signed

Intermediate Level 3 · rubriquem

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Verbs like this one

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