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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

sarar

to heal

  • #284 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: sarando
  • Past participle: sarado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use sarar

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

  1. Present

    Esse corte sara em uma semana.

    This cut heals in a week.

  2. Past

    A gripe sarou sozinha, sem remédio.

    The flu went away on its own, without medicine.

  3. Future

    O machucado vai sarar mais rápido com essa pomada.

    The wound is going to heal faster with this ointment.

  4. Imperfect

    Antigamente a gente sarava com chá e cama.

    In the old days we used to get better with tea and bed rest.

  5. Conditional

    A ferida sararia mais rápido se você não coçasse.

    The wound would heal faster if you didn't scratch it.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o joelho sare antes do jogo.

    I hope the knee heals before the game.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu sarasse até sexta, iria à festa.

    If I got better by Friday, I'd go to the party.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Quando o pé sarar, a gente volta a correr.

    When your foot heals, we'll go back to running.

  9. Imperative

    Sare logo, a gente está com saudade!

    Get well soon, we miss you!

Good to know

  • "Sarar" is what a cut or a sick person does by itself; the doctor or the medicine "cura".

Verbs like this one

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