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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

servir

to fit

  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: servindo
  • Past participle: servido

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use servir

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

  1. Present

    Essa calça não serve mais em mim.

    These pants don't fit me anymore.

  2. Past

    O vestido serviu direitinho em você.

    The dress fit you just right.

  3. Future

    Esse casaco vai servir no seu filho.

    This coat is going to fit your son.

  4. Imperfect

    Ano passado esse sapato ainda servia.

    Last year these shoes still fit.

  5. Conditional

    O tamanho médio serviria melhor em você.

    The medium size would fit you better.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que a blusa sirva na sua irmã.

    I hope the top fits your sister.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se servisse, eu compraria duas.

    If it fit, I'd buy two.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se não servir, pode trocar em sete dias.

    If it doesn't fit, you can exchange it within seven days.

  9. Imperative

    Sirva, por favor, é a última do meu tamanho!

    Fit, please, it's the last one in my size!

Good to know

  • Clothes "servem" when they fit; "caber" is for things fitting into a space.

Where you hear servir

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

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Esta calça não serve mais. These trousers don't fit any more.
  • O vestido azul serviu muito bem. The blue dress fitted very well.
  • Esses sapatos não vão servir em você. Those shoes aren't going to fit you.
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Beginner Level 2 · Serve.

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