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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

significar

to mean

  • #88 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: significando
  • Past participle: significado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

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

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

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

Imperfect

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

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

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Future subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

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

How to use significar

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

  1. Present

    O que significa essa palavra em português?

    What does this word mean in Portuguese?

  2. Past

    Aquele abraço significou muito para mim.

    That hug meant a lot to me.

  3. Future

    Essa vaga vai significar mais dinheiro e menos tempo.

    This job is going to mean more money and less time.

  4. Imperfect

    Na época, um carro significava liberdade.

    Back then, a car meant freedom.

  5. Conditional

    Perder esse cliente significaria um problema sério.

    Losing that client would mean a serious problem.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Talvez isso signifique que ele gostou de você.

    Maybe that means he likes you.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se o silêncio dela significasse um não, eu já saberia.

    If her silence meant no, I'd know by now.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se essa luz significar perigo, a gente para o carro.

    If that light means danger, we stop the car.

  9. Imperative

    Signifique algo de bom na vida de alguém.

    Mean something good in someone's life.

Good to know

  • "O que significa…?" asks what a word means; "quer dizer" says the same in conversation.

Verbs like this one

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