Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- eu I miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente you miss someone or something
- nós we miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas you all miss someone or something
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB
sentir falta de
to miss someone or something, word for word to feel the lack of
- Irregular -ir verb
- Gerund: sentindo falta de
- Past participle: sentido falta de
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions
- eu I missed someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente you missed someone or something
- nós we missed someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas you all missed someone or something
Future
Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”
- eu I am going to miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to miss someone or something
- nós we are going to miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas you all are going to miss someone or something
Imperfect
Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”
- eu I used to miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente you used to miss someone or something
- nós we used to miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas you all used to miss someone or something
Conditional
Futuro do Pretérito · “would”
- eu I would miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente you would miss someone or something
- nós we would miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas you all would miss someone or something
Present subjunctive
Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- eu (that) I miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you miss someone or something
- nós (that) we miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas (that) you all miss someone or something
Past subjunctive
Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”
- eu (if) I missed someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you missed someone or something
- nós (if) we missed someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas (if) you all missed someone or something
Future subjunctive
Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future
- eu (when) I miss someone or something
- você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you miss someone or something
- nós (when) we miss someone or something
- vocês, eles, elas (when) you all miss someone or something
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders
- você miss someone or something!
- vocês miss someone or something! (all of you)
How to use sentir falta de
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Eu sinto falta das nossas conversas na varanda.
I miss our talks on the balcony.
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Past
Senti falta de você no almoço de domingo.
I missed you at Sunday lunch.
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Future
Você vai sentir falta do barulho da cidade.
You're going to miss the noise of the city.
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Imperfect
No exterior, eu sentia falta de arroz com feijão.
Abroad, I missed rice and beans.
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Conditional
Eu sentiria falta do mar se me mudasse.
I'd miss the sea if I moved.
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Present subjunctive
Espero que ela sinta falta da gente lá em Paris.
I hope she misses us over there in Paris.
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Past subjunctive
Se eu sentisse falta do trabalho, voltaria.
If I missed the job, I'd go back.
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Future subjunctive
Quando sentir falta de casa, me liga.
When you miss home, call me.
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Imperative
Sinta falta de mim, mas aproveite a viagem!
Miss me, but enjoy the trip!
Good to know
- "Sentir falta de" and "sentir saudade de" both mean to miss; "saudade" carries more feeling.
Where you hear sentir falta de
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Brazilian Portuguese · Advanced Level 2
- Eu sinto falta da Luana todo dia. I miss Luana every day.
- No meu primeiro ano, eu senti falta da minha família. In my first year, I missed my family.
- A Maria vai sentir falta da Alice na creche. Maria is going to miss Alice at the daycare.
Brazilian Portuguese · Fluency Level 1
- Eu sinto falta da Luana todo dia. I miss Luana every day.
- No meu primeiro ano, eu senti falta da minha família. In my first year, I missed my family.
- A Maria vai sentir falta da Alice na creche. Maria is going to miss Alice at the daycare.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.